United Nations Human Rights Council
On March 28, 2019, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced that humanity only has eleven years left before the effects of climate change become irreversible. However, for many of the most vulnerable communities around the world, the effects of man-made global warming have already been suffered. Small island micro-states are threatened by rising sea levels; agriculture-reliant countries in the global South are finding it more difficult to grow crops; water is becoming a scarce resource in the desert.
This situation raises the question of environmental justice that the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) must address. How can the United Nations create a climate change Agenda that more thoroughly incorporates the situation and needs of these communities? And should the United Nations interpretation of human rights be altered to include this sort of justice, not only for these vulnerable groups, but for future generations as well?
Delegates, the choice is up to you.