Book contents
- Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene
- Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Framing Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene
- 2 Protecting Environmental Human Rights for Future Generations
- 3 Taking Environmental Rights in the Anthropocene Seriously
- 4 The Quest for International Recognition of Environmental Human Rights
- 5 Socioeconomic and Cultural Rights and the Anthropocene
- 6 Local Governments, Climate Action, and Sustainability
- 7 Advancing Environmental Rights through Indigenous Rights
- 8 The Obligation to Curb Carbon Emissions
- 9 Human Rights in the Anthropocene, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Significance of SDG 17, “Partnerships for the Goals”
- 10 The Shape of Environmental Rights Opportunity Structures for the Anthropocene
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
6 - Local Governments, Climate Action, and Sustainability
The Role of Human Rights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2023
Book contents
- Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene
- Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Framing Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene
- 2 Protecting Environmental Human Rights for Future Generations
- 3 Taking Environmental Rights in the Anthropocene Seriously
- 4 The Quest for International Recognition of Environmental Human Rights
- 5 Socioeconomic and Cultural Rights and the Anthropocene
- 6 Local Governments, Climate Action, and Sustainability
- 7 Advancing Environmental Rights through Indigenous Rights
- 8 The Obligation to Curb Carbon Emissions
- 9 Human Rights in the Anthropocene, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Significance of SDG 17, “Partnerships for the Goals”
- 10 The Shape of Environmental Rights Opportunity Structures for the Anthropocene
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
The human rights language and commitments in the Paris Agreement and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) matter for the success of these agreements. Human rights provide a “moral dimension” pushing environmental and sustainability efforts beyond technocratic monitoring, providing aspirational components necessary to realise the transformative potential of the task (Immler & Sakkers, 2021, p. 3). Human rights also provide a common global language and framework for ensuring that environmental and development initiatives are truly sustainable in human terms.
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- Environmental Human Rights in the AnthropoceneConcepts, Contexts, and Challenges, pp. 115 - 131Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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