International Climate Finance from a Human Rights perspective

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Act Church of Sweden's policy brief "International Climate Finance from a Human Rights perspective" takes a closer look at the link between human rights and climate finance. It includes five recommendations to policy makers in order to strengthen Climate Justice as part of Climate Financing in practice.

In 2015, world leaders signed the Paris agreement on climate change. Thus far, however, many of the signatory countries with the largest emissions have not lived up to their promises.

The Paris agreement addresses the dual challenge of scaling up efforts to stop global warming while at the same time combating global poverty and the risks related to climate change. International resource mobilisation and financial support for developing countries are crucial for this to succeed.

Act Church of Sweden's policy brief "International Climate Finance from a Human Rights perspective" takes a closer look at the link between human rights and climate finance.

Natural hazards, both the rapid and slow onset, should be addressed and communities should be supported with disaster prevention and risk reduction at a much earlier stage. Current efforts to reduce the risks and support resilience in communities already affected by climate crises are far from enough. If nothing is done, climate change will create the largest global refugee crises ever. There will be no other climate adaptation option than migration.

All development funding, including additional climate finance, must be based on a clear poverty and human rights perspective in line with international agreements.

Download and read Act Church of Sweden’s policy brief – International Climate Finance from a Human Rights perspective.