CLIMATE CHANGE AND VULNERABILITY OF THE ARCTIC ELDERLY: AN ASSESSMENT FROM HUMAN RIGHTS POINT OF VIEW
There are increasing challenges among the elderly in the Arctic region. Global warming due to climate change is one of the major reasons for these challenges. Because of climate change temperature in the region increases, which results in rapid melting of sea ice causing various environmental, socia...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:79d8c46ecfaa46c390e4fd936052995c 2023-05-15T14:49:39+02:00 CLIMATE CHANGE AND VULNERABILITY OF THE ARCTIC ELDERLY: AN ASSESSMENT FROM HUMAN RIGHTS POINT OF VIEW Shahnaj Begum 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/79d8c46ecfaa46c390e4fd936052995c EN FR eng fre Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi http://cse.uaic.ro/WorkingPapers/articles/CESWP2012_IV3a_BEG.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/2067-7693 2067-7693 https://doaj.org/article/79d8c46ecfaa46c390e4fd936052995c CES Working Papers, Vol 4, Iss 3a, Pp 459-479 (2012) elderly Challenges climate change human rights Arctic region vulnerable Political institutions and public administration (General) JF20-2112 article 2012 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T09:14:19Z There are increasing challenges among the elderly in the Arctic region. Global warming due to climate change is one of the major reasons for these challenges. Because of climate change temperature in the region increases, which results in rapid melting of sea ice causing various environmental, social, cultural and economic problems. Population in the region suffers from these problems where elderly people are the most vulnerable. Climate change has already affected the elderly lives in different ways, such as, by physical, social, political, cultural and psychological ways. These have serious consequences in terms of human rights of this vulnerable group of people. However, the elderly people’s human rights issues have not been adequately researched in the context of this region. The goal of this paper is to present elderly related human rights issues, particularly the rights that are affected due to climate change in this specific region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Global warming Sea ice Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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There are increasing challenges among the elderly in the Arctic region. Global warming due to climate change is one of the major reasons for these challenges. Because of climate change temperature in the region increases, which results in rapid melting of sea ice causing various environmental, social, cultural and economic problems. Population in the region suffers from these problems where elderly people are the most vulnerable. Climate change has already affected the elderly lives in different ways, such as, by physical, social, political, cultural and psychological ways. These have serious consequences in terms of human rights of this vulnerable group of people. However, the elderly people’s human rights issues have not been adequately researched in the context of this region. The goal of this paper is to present elderly related human rights issues, particularly the rights that are affected due to climate change in this specific region. |
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND VULNERABILITY OF THE ARCTIC ELDERLY: AN ASSESSMENT FROM HUMAN RIGHTS POINT OF VIEW |
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND VULNERABILITY OF THE ARCTIC ELDERLY: AN ASSESSMENT FROM HUMAN RIGHTS POINT OF VIEW |
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND VULNERABILITY OF THE ARCTIC ELDERLY: AN ASSESSMENT FROM HUMAN RIGHTS POINT OF VIEW |
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND VULNERABILITY OF THE ARCTIC ELDERLY: AN ASSESSMENT FROM HUMAN RIGHTS POINT OF VIEW |
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND VULNERABILITY OF THE ARCTIC ELDERLY: AN ASSESSMENT FROM HUMAN RIGHTS POINT OF VIEW |
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climate change and vulnerability of the arctic elderly: an assessment from human rights point of view |
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi |
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