Rights against the Adverse Effects of Climate Change! Who & How to Ensure? -Not Only National Governments!
Rights against the Adverse Effects of Climate Change! Who & How to Ensure? -Not Only National Governments!: In 2022, the United Nations General Assembly declared that access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a universal human right. The Supreme Court of India has recently in a judgment, a significant step towards acknowledging the impact of climate change on human life, has said that the "right against the adverse effects of climate change" falls under the scope of Articles 14 and 21, which guarantee rights to equality and life and country must take action to mitigate it. Focusing on the mean surface air temperature offers a reliable way to compare the relentless heat affecting both deserts and rainforests. In order of highest mean temperature Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mauritania, Tuvalu, Djibouti the Gambia, Maldives, Benin, and Palau. Eight states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh in India are siz...