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dc.contributor.authorSavaresi, Annalisaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHartmann, Jacquesen_UK
dc.contributor.editorLin, Joleneen_UK
dc.contributor.editorKysar, Douglas Aen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-07T00:00:10Z-
dc.date.available2019-06-07T00:00:10Z-
dc.date.issued2020en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/29672-
dc.description.abstractThe quest for remedies to address harm associated with the impacts of climate change has recently seen a surge in complaints based on human rights arguments. The use of human rights law as a tool to redress harm caused by climate change depends upon whether a victim can substantiate a claim that a duty bearer has contributed to climate change, in such a way as to amount to a human rights violation. Qualifying the effects of climate change as human rights violations, however, poses technical obstacles concerning causality, retrospectivity, attribution, as well as the provision of an adequate remedy. Yet, these obstacles are not insurmountable. As scientific knowledge improves, tracing causal connections between particular emissions and resultant harms is becoming less difficult. These arguments are being tested in the context of the so-called ‘Carbon Majors’ inquiry by the Human Rights Commission of the Philippines. The inquiry concerns the responsibility of a group of global corporations – dubbed the ‘Carbon Majors’ and including the likes of BP, Chevron, Exxon and Shell – for human rights violations or threats thereof resulting from the impacts of climate change. This paper looks at the Carbon Majors inquiry to critically appraise the role of human rights law in solving complex questions associated with responsibility for the impacts of climate change, until other areas of law raise to this challenge. The paper builds on the authors’ experience providing expert advice in the context of the Carbon Majors inquiry. The inquiry will therefore be used as a point of departure to unpack the questions concerning jurisdiction, causality, retrospectivity, and attribution associated with harm for the impacts of climate change.en_UK
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dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_UK
dc.relationSavaresi A & Hartmann J (2020) Using Human Rights Law to Address the Impacts of Climate Change: Early Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiry. In: Lin J & Kysar DA (eds.) Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 73-93. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108777810.005en_UK
dc.rightsThis item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. This chapter has been accepted for publication and will appear in a revised form, subsequent to appropriate editorial input by Cambridge University Press, in Lin J & Kysar D (eds.) Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific. The monograph is contracted under standard publishing terms and therefore any reproduction or re-use of this text is governed by Cambridge University Press's usual license restrictionsen_UK
dc.titleUsing Human Rights Law to Address the Impacts of Climate Change: Early Reflections on the Carbon Majors Inquiryen_UK
dc.typePart of book or chapter of booken_UK
dc.rights.embargodate2021-03-31en_UK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1017/9781108777810.005en_UK
dc.citation.spage73en_UK
dc.citation.epage93en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.author.emailannalisa.savaresi@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.btitleClimate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacificen_UK
dc.citation.isbn9781108478465en_UK
dc.citation.isbn9781108777810en_UK
dc.publisher.addressCambridgeen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationLawen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Dundeeen_UK
dc.identifier.wtid1386296en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-4255-3696en_UK
dc.date.accepted2019-06-04en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2019-06-04en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2019-06-06en_UK
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local.rioxx.authorSavaresi, Annalisa|0000-0002-4255-3696en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHartmann, Jacques|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.contributorLin, Jolene|en_UK
local.rioxx.contributorKysar, Douglas A|en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2021-03-31en_UK
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