The nexus of climate change and human rights

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Climate change and human rights might often be presented as separate CSR issues, but according to Ryan Schuchard and Nicki Weston they increasingly represent two sides of the same coin

Though climate change and human rights are important corporate responsibility issues on their own terms, they are increasingly interrelated. As our global climate destabilizes, there will be an increase...

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