Environmental Rights as Human Rights
Exploring the right to a healthy environment and the legal battles of "climate refugees".
Key Questions
- 1Should the right to a clean environment be added to the UDHR?
- 2How can corporations be held liable for environmental human rights abuses?
- 3What legal protections exist for people displaced by climate change?
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