States, climate change and tripartite human rights: The missing link

Title
States, climate change and tripartite human rights: The missing link
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Quirico, Ottavio
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8268-7501
Email: oquirico@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:oquirico
Brohmer, Jurgen
Szabo, Marcel
Editor
Editor(s): Ottavio Quirico and Mouloud Bhoumgar
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
London, United Kingdom
Edition
1
Series
Routledge Research in International Environmental Law
UNE publication id
une:18838
Abstract
Relevant scientific evidence demonstrates that anthropogenic GHG emissions almost certainly have an impact on climate change (general causation). Currently, GHGs are estimated at 430 ppm C0₂e, approximately doubling pre-industrial concentrations. In order to contain temperature increase within the sustainable threshold of no more than 2° Celsius, GHGs must be stabilised between 450 and 550 ppm, halving current emissions by 2050. Higher atmospheric temperatures would have negative environmental consequences, increasing phenomena such as rising sea level, droughts, floods, land degradation, and cyclones.
Link
Citation
Climate Change and Human Rights: An international and comparative law perspective, p. 7-38
ISBN
9781315767185
9781138783218
Start page
7
End page
38

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