30 The key global indicators, as previously discussed, also point to the conclusion that human activities have caused significant changes. The IPCC found that the warming of the atmosphere and oceans, the acidification of the ocean, sea-level rise, the decrease of the cryosphere, and the changes in climate and weather events can all be traced back to the influence of human activities on the climate.132 All these considered, the Commission accepts that climate change is primarily anthropogenic or caused by human activities. C. Climate Change: A Grave and Urgent Human Rights Concern 1. Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on Human Rights In General Anthropogenic climate change is “the greatest human rights challenge of the 21st century.”133 It negatively affects a host of, if not all, human rights.134 Climate change impacts, including the degradation of the environment; deprivation of resources; prevalence of life-threatening diseases; widespread hunger and malnutrition; and extreme poverty, among others, prevent an individual from living a dignified life. Some of the individual rights adversely impacted are the rights to life, food, water, sanitation, and health. Collective rights are also affected, including the rights to food security, development and sustained economic growth, self-determination, preservation of culture, equality and non-discrimination. 132 Id. 133 As remarked by Former High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, now President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice, during the panel discussion on human rights and climate change during the 28th session of the Human Rights Council. 134 See United Nations Human Rights Council, Human Rights and Climate Change, U.N. Doc. No. A/HRC/RES/41/21 (July 23, 2019) (Some of the previous Council resolution underlining the wide range of implications of climate change on the effective enjoyment of human rights include RES/7/23, RES/10/4, RES/18/22, among others) & Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Understanding Human Rights and Climate Change (Submission of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change).