Chart A: Climate Impacts, Human Impacts, & Threatened Rights 129
CLIMATE
IMPACTS
Glacier Melt & Sea
Level Rise
• Flooding
• Storm surges
• Erosion
• Salinization of land
and water
• Species extinction
Ocean Warming &
Acidification
• Coral bleaching
• Fisheries decline
• Species extinction
Temperature
Increase, Changes in
Precipitation, &
Extreme Weather
• Heat Waves
• Droughts
• Wildfire
• Flooding
• Higher intensity
storms
• Storm surges
• Species extinction
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HUMAN IMPACTS
RIGHTS THREATENED
• Self-determination [ICCPR;
ICESCR, 1]
• Life [ICCPR, 6; CRC, 6]
• Health [ICESCR, 12; CRC,
24]
• Water [CEDAW, 14; CRC,
24]
• Means of subsistence
[ICESCR, 1]
• Adequate standard of living
[ICESCR, 12; CRC, 27]
• Adequate housing
[ICESCR, 12]
• Culture [ICCPR, 27; CRC,
30, 31]
• Property [UDHR, 17]
• Education [ICESCR, 13;
CRC, 28]
• Parental [CRC, 7, 9]
• Freedom from exploitation
[CRC, 34, 36, 37]
• Life [ICCPR, 6; CRC, 6]
• Food shortages and civil
• Means of subsistence
unrest
[ICESCR, 1]
• Threat to economy, culture,
•
Adequate standard of living
and tourism
[ICESCR, 12; CRC, 27]
• Loss of biological diversity
• Loss of agricultural land
and beaches
• Damage to coastal
infrastructure, homes, and
property
• Population displacement
• Social disruption, civil
unrest, and exploitation
• Threat to economy, culture,
and tourism
• Drowning and injury
• Lack of clean water
• Increased disease and
psychological distress
• Disruption of educational
services
• Loss of biological diversity
• Population displacement
• Food and water shortages
• Social disruption, civil
unrest, and exploitation
• Damage to infrastructure,
homes, and property
• Damage to agricultural
lands
• Threat to economy, culture,
and tourism
• Contamination of water
supply
• Delays in medical
Material from Our Children’s Trust brief.
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• Life [ICCPR, 6; CRC, 6]
• Health [ICESCR, 12; CRC,
24]
• Water [CEDAW, 14; CRC,
24]
• Means of subsistence
[ICESCR, 1]
• Adequate standard of living
[ICESCR, 12; CRC, 27]
• Adequate and secure
housing [ICESCR, 12]
• Education [ICESCR, 13]
• Property [UDHR, 17]
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