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The Climate Change and Human Rights Program defends the rights of the communities most vulnerable to the negative effects of Climate Change, especially women and children living in developing countries. CEDHA works with public and private sector decision makers in the implementation of politically viable actions, economically accessible, technologically feasible, of great effect for the climate, and with the capacity to promote the development and reduce poverty.

Work Areas: Energy, Air, Transport, Forests

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International Advocacy

  • We work to introduce a Southern perspective in multilateral negotiations at the UNFCCC, at the Montreal Protocol, UNEP, with regards to the evolution of mitigation, adaptation policies, as well as in the transfer of technologies and financing.
  • We promote a human rights approach to actions and the debate on climate change.
  • We work for the financial recognition of the efforts made by developing countries to preserve native forests under REDD.
  • We work on strategies and to influence energy policy at the World Bank and other financial institutions.

National Governments

  • We promote the implementation of fast action mitigation strategies to decelerate global warming and reduce the risks of reaching and passing the abrupt climate change tipping point in upcoming decades. This includes both the reduction of CO2 as well as the elimination of non-CO2 gases with high greenhouse effects.
  • We promote the north-south and south-south transfer of clean technologies.
  • We promote the development of clean technologies en developing countries.

Local Governments

We promote public policies focused on climate change at the local and provincial levels.

Communities

With the objective of improving the health of women and children in developing countries in regards to air quality in homes, we work for the introduction of cook stoves that capture black carbon, the second most critical global warming agent.

Fast Action Mitigation

CEDHA concentrates its climate change efforts on the implementation of fast action mitigation, particularly utilizing the enormous potential of the Montreal Protocol, through programs that work to improve air quality (reducing black carbon) and bio-sequestration. This focus is absolutely innovative as it prioritizes efforts at reducing non-CO2 gases (while most other efforts are focused at reducing CO2 emissions). We only work on those actions that are politically viable, economically accessible, technologically obtainable, of great climate relevance, and with the capacity to promote development and reduce poverty.

Climate Change and Human Rights in the Inter-American Human Rights System

CEDHA focuses its advocacy efforts on strengthening human rights organizations, in view of future demands over the impacts of climate change for the most climate vulnerable communities. We work with the Inter-American Human Rights System promoting the production of reports, the holding of hearings, the working of Special Rapporteurs and more generally institutional development as regards the issue of climate change in the system. Focuses:

  • CEDHA’s active participation in the system
  • Introduction of OAS Resolution on Climate Change and Human Rights
  • Seminar on Climate Change and Human Rights – Washington DC
  • Documents and Publications on Climate Change issues

Native Forests

Through this initiative, we concentrate our efforts on the development and implementation of judicial frameworks and norms which promote the protection and appropriate management native forests.

During 2010 our efforts concentrated on the Native Forest Minimum Protection Requirements Law (see CEDHA’s website on Forests). On this issue we worked for the passage and drafting of a participatory regulatory framework for a Provincial Forestry Law.

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Contact: Romina Picolotti

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