The Right to Be Cold: Examining the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Climate Change
The reality of climate change and its adverse implication on the human and environmental rights of the Inuit is no longer in doubt. The observed impacts of climate change in the Arctic region confirm that the change in climate has violated the fundamental human rights of the Inuit inhabiting the Arc...
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ftunivcalgary:oai:prism.ucalgary.ca:1880/110714 2023-08-27T04:07:14+02:00 The Right to Be Cold: Examining the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Climate Change Ogunyemi, Dayo Adeniyi Lucas, Alastair R. Oshionebo, Evaristus Ingelson, Allan 2019-08-01 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1880/110714 https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36805 eng eng Law University of Calgary Ogunyemi, D. A. (2019). The Right to Be Cold: Examining the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Climate Change (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36805 http://hdl.handle.net/1880/110714 University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. The Right to be Cold Climate Change The Inuit Indigenous Peoples Global Warming The Arctic Region Fundamental human rights Environmental rights The Right to a Healthy Environment International human rights system Regional human rights system Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Emissions of greenhouse gases The Kyoto Protocol The Paris Agreement The United Nations Human Rights System The Inter-American Human Rights System The Inuit Petition The Athabaskan Petition The Inuit’s Case Law master thesis 2019 ftunivcalgary https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36805 2023-08-06T06:23:29Z The reality of climate change and its adverse implication on the human and environmental rights of the Inuit is no longer in doubt. The observed impacts of climate change in the Arctic region confirm that the change in climate has violated the fundamental human rights of the Inuit inhabiting the Arctic region, the integrity of the Arctic ecosystem, and also the environmental “right to be cold”. Emissions of greenhouse gases primarily due to human activities have contributed monumentally to climate change, and these emissions have, over the years, been encouraged by the actions or inactions of States. The principle that “where there is a right, there is a remedy” prompts the search for legal remedies within the international human rights system to address the impacts of climate change on the Inuit and the Arctic region. This thesis addresses the legal and regulatory framework that can be adopted to address the impact of climate change on Northern Indigenous peoples. The question of whether current global regimes on climate change provide an effective mechanism for the Peoples of the Arctic to seek redress to defend their culture and way of life is also addressed. This thesis argues that the Inuit may find an effective mechanism to seek redress within the existing United Nations and Inter-American human rights systems. Master Thesis Arctic Climate change Global warming inuit PRISM - University of Calgary Digital Repository Arctic |
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The Right to be Cold Climate Change The Inuit Indigenous Peoples Global Warming The Arctic Region Fundamental human rights Environmental rights The Right to a Healthy Environment International human rights system Regional human rights system Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Emissions of greenhouse gases The Kyoto Protocol The Paris Agreement The United Nations Human Rights System The Inter-American Human Rights System The Inuit Petition The Athabaskan Petition The Inuit’s Case Law Ogunyemi, Dayo Adeniyi The Right to Be Cold: Examining the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Climate Change |
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The reality of climate change and its adverse implication on the human and environmental rights of the Inuit is no longer in doubt. The observed impacts of climate change in the Arctic region confirm that the change in climate has violated the fundamental human rights of the Inuit inhabiting the Arctic region, the integrity of the Arctic ecosystem, and also the environmental “right to be cold”. Emissions of greenhouse gases primarily due to human activities have contributed monumentally to climate change, and these emissions have, over the years, been encouraged by the actions or inactions of States. The principle that “where there is a right, there is a remedy” prompts the search for legal remedies within the international human rights system to address the impacts of climate change on the Inuit and the Arctic region. This thesis addresses the legal and regulatory framework that can be adopted to address the impact of climate change on Northern Indigenous peoples. The question of whether current global regimes on climate change provide an effective mechanism for the Peoples of the Arctic to seek redress to defend their culture and way of life is also addressed. This thesis argues that the Inuit may find an effective mechanism to seek redress within the existing United Nations and Inter-American human rights systems. |
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The Right to Be Cold: Examining the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Climate Change |
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The Right to Be Cold: Examining the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Climate Change |
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The Right to Be Cold: Examining the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Climate Change |
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The Right to Be Cold: Examining the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Climate Change |
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Ogunyemi, D. A. (2019). The Right to Be Cold: Examining the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Climate Change (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36805 http://hdl.handle.net/1880/110714 |
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University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. |
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