Open letter to the EU Special Representative for Human Rights Mr Stavros Lambrinidis

A group of organisations calls on the European Union to ensure that its external actions on climate change fully respect and promote human rights. The letter highlights the importance of maintaining human rights language in the 2015 international climate treaty and suggests that the EU's Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy should explicitly support these objectives.

• The signatories request that the updated EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy include an objective for the EU to apply a human rights based approach to all external actions, including those related to climate change.
• Climate change is identified as a significant human rights challenge and a global injustice affecting current and future generations, with existing harm occurring in Europe and other regions.
• The UNFCCC Parties agreed in 2010 that human rights should be fully respected in all climate change-related actions, which the authors argue is essential for accountability, safeguards, participation, and support for poorer countries.
• Over 260 organisations have called for a human rights based approach in the 2015 climate agreement, and 18 countries have supported the "Geneva Pledge" to explore the link between human rights and climate change.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2015). Open letter to the EU Special Representative for Human Rights Mr Stavros Lambrinidis. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Open-Letter_Lambrinidis_Promoting-human-rights-in-all-climate-actions.pdf

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Open letter to the EU Special Representative for Human Rights Mr Stavros Lambrinidis. 2015. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Open-Letter_Lambrinidis_Promoting-human-rights-in-all-climate-actions.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2015open, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Open letter to the EU Special Representative for Human Rights Mr Stavros Lambrinidis}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2015}, month = feb, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Open-Letter_Lambrinidis_Promoting-human-rights-in-all-climate-actions.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }