Climate rights
Feasible or Not
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5161433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric Brandstedt (0000-0001-6671-3802, Lund University, corresponding author), Anna-Karin Bergman (Lund University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 394-409 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644016.2013.775723 |
| OpenAlex | W2089528451 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 27 |
Scholars have argued that we have compelling reasons to combat climate change because it threatens human rights, referred to here as ‘climate rights’. The prospects of climate rights are analysed assuming two basic desiderata: its accuracy in capturing the normative dimension of climate change (reasons to prevent/mitigate/adapt to climate change); and its ability to generate political measures. In order for climate rights to meet these desiderata certain conditions must be satisfied: important human interests are put at risk by global climate change; there is an identified rights-holder and obligation-bearer; this relationship is codified in a legitimate formal structure; it is feasible to claim the rights; an ‘enforcement mechanism’ (not necessarily of legal character) could strengthen compliance. When asserting climate rights it is insufficient to consider the moral ground or actual enforcement possibilities by themselves. Normative and practical aspects are closely interlinked and must be studied in tandem
Climate change · Enforcement · Environmental ethics · Human rights · Law and economics · Normative · Obligation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Environmental law and policy · Law · Ecology
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A Theory of Justice
Human Rights
World Poverty and Human Rights
The role of law in adapting to climate change
Does anthropogenic climate change violate human rights
World Poverty and Human Rights
Human Rights Versus Emissions Rights
Subsistence Emissions and Luxury Emissions
The nature and value of rights
Human rights, climate change, and discounting
What does the language of human rights bring to campaigns for environmental justice
Global Environment and International Inequality
Human Rights as a Common Concern
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |