How climate change destroys human rights
by The Daily Eye Team February 27 2014, 11:52 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 35 secsEnvironmental destruction caused by people is poised to become the “most massive human rights violation ever”. In a 2012 interview, Oregon State University philosophy professor emerita Kathleen Dean Moore said, “Climate change is damaging food supplies, spreading disease and creating refugees, and it is poised to become the most massive human rights violation the world has ever seen.
“Increasingly, the two issues – climate change and human rights – are being recognized as inextricably connected. Two major studies published this year reinforce that link, providing sobering evidence that a hotter, increasingly unstable climate is fueling more conflict and human rights violations, and that it is happening sooner rather than later.