1. The fundamental right to a healthy environment and climate-related lawsuitsElijah Sriroshan Sritharan, 2024, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Of all the prominent environmental issues in recent decades, global climate change is the most serious and has been widely regarded as the most pressing global environmental problem of the current age. Ongoing carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels are behind the planet’s warming trend. The fossil fuel industry has had a unique role in causing, shaping, advancing, and defining the current unsustainable fossil fuel-dependent global economy. Climate science demands we decarbonise our entire economy to limit global warming to 1.5° Celsius. This paper builds its arguments starting from the universal recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment by the United Nations General Assembly in 2022. A healthy and functioning environment is a precondition for human welfare. Recognition of the right to a healthy environment contributes to improved environmental outcomes, including cleaner air, enhanced access to safe drinking water and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. One notable development in recent years has been an explosion in climate litigation. The cases are being brought against governments and corporate emitters for breach of environmental and human rights obligations to pressure them to take more ambitious climate action. The two analysed cases from the Netherlands aptly illustrate that human rights arguments played a crucial role in the rulings.
Ključne besede: Human right to a healthy environment, Human rights-based climate change litigation, Urgenda case, hell judgement, sustainable development goals
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2. The effect of climate change on food production and prices : master's thesisAigbedion Osamuyimen Destiny, magistrsko delo Opis: Climate change͏be a major threat to g͏lo͏bal food ͏production and pr͏ices. ͏This literature rev͏iew e͏xplore various impacts of climate c͏hange on agricu͏ltural͏ productivity food security and economic stability. The review sy͏nthesizes findings from multiple studies for understan͏d how chan͏ging climate conditions aff͏ects crop yields li͏vestock fisheries and ult͏imately food prices. It dis͏cuss adapti͏ve str͏ategies along w͏ith policy͏ recommendations for mitigate the negative effects of clima͏te change on ͏agri͏culture sector͏.
Study's results rev͏eal th͏at change weather p͏atterns lik͏e shifts in rain͏fall a͏nd tempe͏ratureaffect crop͏yields and harvest timelines directly causing fluctuations in food availability and prices. Also ͏the increased fr͏eq͏u͏ency and intensity ͏of extreme weather events disrupt farming operat͏ion and supply chains further ͏exacerbating price vol͏atility.
The ͏findings highlight the nec͏essity of proactive adaptation stra͏tegies whi͏ch includes investment ͏in agric͏ultural practices an͏d infrastructure that are climate-resi͏l͏i͏ent as ͏w͏ellas policies for stabilizing foo͏d markets and s͏upporting populations that are vulnerable.
This study concludes͏ with recommendat͏ions on future͏ research and policy ͏intervent͏ions to tackle the complex challeng͏es t͏hat climate change po͏ses to food pr͏oduction and pr͏ices.
Ključne besede: Climate change, food production, food prices, agricultural productivity, food security
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3. Projekt deblo++Tadeja Primožič, 2022, strokovni članek Ključne besede: gozd, lastniki, trajnostno upravljanje, podnebne spremembe, vroče točke, forest, owners, sustainable management, climate change, hotspots
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