Africa

The below post is from Emily French in response to TOTO Challenge #1

ActionAid is calling on Kevin Rudd to personally attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December (see petition). But, why is an anti-poverty agency like ActionAid focussing on climate change instead of other clearly pressing issues such as education, food and human rights?

It is fundamental in addressing this question to establish that climate change should not be considered an independent issue from human rights. The staggering impact that climate change is predicted to have on the developing world will prevent many individuals from accessing their most basic rights, including food, water and sanitation. To ignore the need to combat climate change is to deny human rights to vulnerable communities that will be worst affected.

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