Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Human Rights in International Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-94595-3
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 545 g

Reihe: Sustainable Development Goals Series

Climate change poses an escalating challenge to global society, with climate-related disasters becoming more frequent, severe and widespread in their impact on individuals and communities, and in their interference with human rights. To confront this challenge, States must not only mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions but also adopt comprehensive measures to adapt to its effects and manage climate change-related disaster risk. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the international legal frameworks governing climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, focusing on the critical role of human rights in strengthening these frameworks and ensuring their implementation. The study explores the extent to which human rights have been integrated into international climate change and disaster law, examines how climate change-related disaster risk is addressed within international human rights law, and assesses the growing trend of human rights-based climate change and disaster litigation and its potential regulatory impact. The book offers a unique perspective on international lawmaking in the fields of climate change and disaster management while also shedding light on the ongoing development of human rights law as it seeks to address the unprecedented threats posed by climate change and its associated risks.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Luporini, Riccardo

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- International Law on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction.- Human Rights in International Climate Change and Disaster Law.- Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in International Human Rights Law.- The Role of Human Rights-Based Litigation in Adapting to Climate Change and Reducing Disaster Risk.- General Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Riccardo Luporini is a Postdoctoral Researcher in International Law at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, where he obtained his PhD in 2021. His work focuses primarily on international human rights law, international climate change law, and disaster risk management. His recent research has centred on human rights-based climate change litigation, supported by active international collaborations, including with the Global Network on Climate Litigation at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law (Columbia University). He is also an Adjunct Lecturer in European Union Law at the University of Pisa. Previously, he served as assistant to a member of the International Law Commission and Special Rapporteur on the ‘Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters’, and as a trainee at DG ECHO (European Commission), where he contributed to the implementation of the rescEU initiative.