Intégration des droits humains dans les contributions déterminées au niveau national (CDN)

This practitioner's guide, published in November 2022 by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), provides a framework for integrating human rights into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. It outlines recommendations for states to align their climate ambitions with international human rights obligations, emphasizing inclusive planning, gender equality, indigenous rights, land tenure, and a just transition for workers.

• The guide asserts that limiting global warming to 1.5 °C is the target most aligned with states' human rights obligations, as exceeding this threshold would lead to irreversible ecological tipping points and increased impacts on human rights.
• To meet human rights obligations, states should account for all greenhouse gas emissions under their jurisdiction or control, including public and private sources and extraterritorial emissions such as those from fossil fuel exports.
• Effective NDC planning requires inclusive public participation from the earliest stages, ensuring that marginalized groups, indigenous peoples, and civil society can influence options before decisions are finalized.
• The document recommends that NDCs explicitly commit to respecting, protecting, and guaranteeing human rights, specifically highlighting the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, as well as rights to health, food, water, and life.
• Gender equality must be mainstreamed across all NDC policy areas, including the use of gender-responsive budgeting, sex-disaggregated data, and the recognition of women and gender-variant people as agents of change.
• NDCs must respect the rights of indigenous peoples, specifically requiring Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for projects affecting their traditional lands, territories, and knowledge.
• Securing community land tenure and resource management rights for indigenous peoples and local communities is identified as a cost-effective mitigation strategy that reduces deforestation and improves ecosystem resilience.
• A 'just transition' requires that NDCs protect labor rights, utilize tripartite social dialogue (government, employers, and workers), and provide social protection and retraining for workers in declining carbon-intensive industries.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2022). Intégration des droits humains dans les contributions déterminées au niveau national (CDN). https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NDC-Toolkit-November-2022-FR-1.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. Intégration des droits humains dans les contributions déterminées au niveau national (CDN). 2022. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NDC-Toolkit-November-2022-FR-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2022intgration, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{Intégration des droits humains dans les contributions déterminées au niveau national (CDN)}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NDC-Toolkit-November-2022-FR-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }