Climate change litigation, public health and the right to health

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Description

Climate change is a public health emergency. It is the single biggest threat to global health, peace, and security, a crisis multiplier, and a significant driver of health inequalities. Human right-based approaches are essential for good public health policies and practice, including action to address climate change.

This webinar is the first in a series offered by the Faculty of Public Health (UK), UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Geneva, Global Network for Academic Public Health (GNAPH), Groningen Centre for Health Law, EUPHA and other partners to build understanding, competence and capacity on human rights-based approaches for good public health policy and practice.
The session will include presentation by Alicia El Yamin, distinguished scholar, author and advocate from Harvard University, with Maja Groff, Convenor, Climate Governance Commission , Marlies Hesselman, from University of Groningen Centre for Law, and Benjamin Schachter, Human rights Officer at OCHR, as discussants and Panelists.

Date and time: 20th February 2024, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (London). 15:00-17:00 (Geneva)
Period20-Feb-2024
Event titleUN OHCHR-EUPHA-GNAPH Webinar: Climate change, public health and the right to health
Event typeSeminar
LocationGeneva, SwitzerlandShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • right to health
  • climate change litigation
  • human rights
  • international climate law
  • global health law

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