Open Letter to Mr Lambrinidis – Promoting human rights in all climate actions

A group of international organisations calls on the EU to ensure that all external climate actions respect and promote human rights, aligning the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy with international obligations and the goals of the UNFCCC.

• The signatories request that the EU adopt a human rights-based approach across all external actions, including those related to climate change, within the updated EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy.
• Climate change is identified as a significant human rights challenge and a global injustice affecting current and future generations, causing harm to people, communities, and the environment both within Europe and globally.
• The document highlights that the UNFCCC agreed in 2010 that human rights must be fully respected in all climate change-related actions, which is essential for accountability, safeguards, and supporting poorer countries.
• The signatories note that while the draft negotiation text in Geneva included language requiring Parties to respect, protect, promote, and fulfill human rights, maintaining this language in the final climate treaty to be adopted in Paris will be challenging.

APA

Trio, W., Nilles, B., Lukács, A., Carino, J., de Waal, V., Bornhorst, B., & Kelso, C. (2015). Open Letter to Mr Lambrinidis – Promoting human rights in all climate actions. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/open-letter-to-mr-stavros-lambrinidis-eu-special-representative-for-human-rights/

Chicago

Trio, Wendel, Bernd Nilles, András Lukács, Joji Carino, Vita de Waal, Bernd Bornhorst, and Casey Kelso. Open Letter to Mr Lambrinidis – Promoting human rights in all climate actions. Carbon Market Watch, 2015. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/open-letter-to-mr-stavros-lambrinidis-eu-special-representative-for-human-rights/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{trio2015open, author = {Trio, Wendel and Nilles, Bernd and Lukács, András and Carino, Joji and de Waal, Vita and Bornhorst, Bernd and Kelso, Casey}, title = {{Open Letter to Mr Lambrinidis – Promoting human rights in all climate actions}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2015}, month = mar, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/open-letter-to-mr-stavros-lambrinidis-eu-special-representative-for-human-rights/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }