Interactive Dialogue with the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee - Item 5

A statement by the Center for International Environmental Law, FIAN International, and Earthjustice expressing concerns over the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee's drafting process and approach regarding a study on new technologies for climate protection (geoengineering).

• The Center for International Environmental Law, FIAN International, and Earthjustice state that the Advisory Committee failed to conduct consultations with Indigenous Peoples’ organizations for its study on the "impact of new technologies for climate protection on the enjoyment of human rights". They argue that an informal meeting involving a few experts should not be mischaracterized as a consultation with representatives of Indigenous Peoples, as those experts explicitly stated they were not representatives.
• The authors assert that meaningful consultations with rural communities and a wide range of Indigenous Peoples organizations are essential because these groups and their lands are frequently on the frontlines of geoengineering projects due to colonial extractivism and environmental injustices.
• The statement criticizes the Advisory Committee's use of the phrase "new technologies for climate protection" instead of the consensus term "geoengineering", describing the former as "deliberately vague". The authors claim the study's outline is biased because it assumes geoengineering will occur and provide benefits, rather than providing an objective analysis of irreversible human rights impacts.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2022). Interactive Dialogue with the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee - Item 5. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/HRC51-Statement-on-AC-report-on-geoengineering_Sept-2022.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. Interactive Dialogue with the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee - Item 5. 2022. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/HRC51-Statement-on-AC-report-on-geoengineering_Sept-2022.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2022interactive, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{Interactive Dialogue with the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee - Item 5}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2022}, month = sep, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/HRC51-Statement-on-AC-report-on-geoengineering_Sept-2022.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }