24/10/2024
A state has the obligation to effectively protect its people against serious effects of climate change. This clear statement by Dr Elisabeth Stern (photo left) highlighted the message and spirit of an international conference held in Brussels on October 15, 2024. Sterm is the Board Chair of KlimaSeniorinnen - the Swiss collective which won an landmark ECHR decision in favour of climate rights back in April. Six months later in Brussels over 150 lawyers, legal experts, researchers and climate advocates from across the EU debated over connecting human rights to climate change at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels.
The event was held by the Jusice and Environment (J&E) network in conclusion of its pilot EU-funded project entitled Climate and Environment Discussions and Actions (DACE). “Our work reflects upon the increasing global dynamics of the climate change agenda by applying the rule of law and relevant rights”, said Csaba Kiss (photo right) - a Hungarian environmental lawyer and J&E co-ordinator, who opened the conference. The DACE project explored and promoted climate rights - a novel concept capturing the existing and nascent categories of rights at international, EU and national level with relevance to climate change, including all substantive and procedural rights related to or affected by climate change.
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