Local Governments, Climate Action, and Sustainability

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6 - Local Governments, Climate Action, and Sustainability

The Role of Human Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2023

Martha F. Davis

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Walter F. Baber and

James R. May

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Walter F. Baber: Affiliation:
California State University, Long Beach
James R. May: Affiliation:
Widener University, Delaware Law School

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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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Type: Chapter
Information: Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene
Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges
, pp. 115 - 131

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039642.007 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2023

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