environmental rights

Question 1

what are environmental rights

Answer 1

environmental rights are yet to be fully developed in international law , but relate to the right for humans to have a healthy, safe, and adequate environment, ensuring the protection and preservation of the environment for future generations

Question 2

TRETAIES of environmental rights

Answer 2

STOCKHOLM DECLARATION
- 1972 UN hosts first international environmental conference
- declaration agreed on 26 principles concerning the environment and development
- began an international recognition of environmental rights, where meetings occured every 3-5 years from there

other treaties include:
- MONTRAL PROCOTOL
- UN FRAMEWORK ON CLIMATE CHANGE
- KYOTO PROTOCOL FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

^^ these tretaies resulted in significant steps during the 90s towards protecting environmental rights

Question 3

international organisations

Answer 3

organisations to assist treaties to be implemented, such as:

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM
- coordinates enviornmental activities internationally

Other treaties include:
- INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
- UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

^^ these programs promote the advocacy for for environmental rights

Question 4

domestic response to environmental rights

Answer 4

Legislation frameworks and organisations that protect Australian environment such as:

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999
- legal framework that protects Australia’s environment

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
- protects the environment through even more pieces of legislation

Question 5

UN CLIMATE CHANGE PARIS CLIMATE CONFERENCE 2015 (COP21)

Answer 5

• yearly meeting on climate issue s
• paris agreement: to hold world temperature increase below 2 degrees celsius by comitting to inidivdual country based targets
• highly controversial due to many differing opinions, with every single country having a different view on how much moneu and importance they need to put towards the issue

Question 6

grey areas in environmental rights

Answer 6

• many countries prioritise other things over the enviornment, such as development and industry over climate preservation
• politics are highly contentious