Arctic Athabaskan Council’s petition to the Inter-American Commission on human rights and climate change—business as usual or a breakthrough?

• Published in: Climatic Change
• Main Author: Szpak, Agnieszka
• Other Authors: Nicolaus Copernicus University
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: Atmospheric Science; Global and Planetary Change; Arctic; Canada; Will Point; black carbon; Climate change
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02826-y; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10584-020-02826-y.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-020-02826-y/fulltext.html

Abstract In 2013, the Arctic Athabaskan Council representing the Arctic Athabaskan peoples filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The Council sought relief for violations of their rights resulting from rapid Arctic warming and melting caused by emissions of black carbon b...