Our Human Right to a Healthy Environment – A Science Under the Dome Talk
Fiske Planetarium 2414 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO, usDo you know that you have the right to a healthy environment? In 2022, the United Nations recognized that the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment - which includes the right to a safe climate - is a human right. Therefore, the climate crisis is a human rights crisis. In this talk, we will explore the meaning and implications of the human right to a healthy environment, particularly to a safe climate. We will see that, the worldwide recognition of the right to a healthy environment, together with the scientific evidence of climate change and its impacts, means that governments and corporations can be held accountable for decisions and actions that contribute to climate change.