Annual Panel Discussion on the Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on Human Rights (2024)
5 videos • 14 views • by UN Human Rights Council On 1 July 2024, at its 56th session, the Human Rights Council held its Annual panel discussion on the adverse impacts of climate change on human rights with the theme of ensuring livelihood resilience in the context of the risk of loss and damage relating to the adverse effects of climate change. Speakers included: - Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. - Romell Antonio O. Cuenca, Assistant Secretary and Deputy Executive Director of the Climate Change Commission of the Philippines. - Eric Mwezi Manzi, Deputy General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation. - Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Associate Professor of Sustainability Law at the University of Amsterdam and Counsel at Blue Ocean Law. - Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment at the Food and Agriculture Organization.