Mudança climática e a erosão dos direitos humanos e fundamentais: Uma relação de interdependência

Abstract

The planet is going through an accelerated process of climate change whose origin, mainly, is due to human intervention. This transformation is a cross-border problem whose consequences threaten all forms of life on the planet. And although its consequences are said to be democratic, reality has shown that it is the most vulnerable people, communities and countries that will experience it most intensely. Thus, it is possible to affirm that the climate emergency is also a human rights problem, hence the idea of Climate Justice. Consequently, despite the existence of an international regime aimed at confronting climate change, considering that this phenomenon directly affects the full enjoyment of numerous human and fundamental rights guaranteed, both in the international and national legal system, the objective of this article is to demonstrate that the approach to this theme from the perspective of human rights is more effective, offering instrumental benefits due to the possibility of using international, regional or domestic human rights institutions to bring actions against those responsible for global warming who directly violate these legally guaranteed rights.