Tag: HUMANRIGHTS

Climate change spells ‘terrifying’ future: UN rights chief

GENEVA, July 3, 2023 (AFP) – Climate change threatens to deliver a “truly terrifying” dystopian future of hunger and suffering, the United Nations’ human rights chief warned Monday. Volker Turk slammed world leaders for only thinking of the short term while dealing with the climate crisis. Turk told a UN Human Rights Council debate on the right to food that extreme weather events were wiping out crops, herds and ecosystems, making it impossible for communities […]