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In Their Own Words: Panelist Stories

Tia Kennedy

Tia Kennedy with her dog wading in pond

Why this Indigenous rights activist does not take clean water for granted​

Hilda Flavia Nakabuye

Hilda Flavia Nakabuye planting

Her family lost their farm in Uganda to climate change. Now she’s standing up for the future.

Yeb Saño

Yeb Saño sitting in front of mural

To prevent future death and destruction, Yeb Saño is confronting the human rights violations that fuel climate change

Pasang Dolma Sherpa

Pasang Dolma Sherpa

A changed landscape and lost traditions: One Nepali woman’s search for Indigenous solutions to climate change

Kera Sherwood-O’Regan

Kera Sherwood-O’Regan in New Zealand

Climate change hits disabled and Indigenous communities hard. Kera Sherwood-O’Regan wants their voices heard.

Impacts by Regions

Fishing boats on beach in Senegal

Impacts in Africa: ‘What do we see most at sea? Plastics everywhere.’

Plastic waste has become a consistent pollution and threat of the 21st century, affecting public health, livelihoods and our natural environment.

Read more about Impacts in Africa: ‘What do we see most at sea? Plastics everywhere.’

Destruction and damage by Typhoon Haiyan November 23, 2013 in Tacloban, Philippines.

Impacts in Asia: ‘We are being deprived of our basic human rights.’

People everywhere are being affected by the growing climate crisis, with many people—those who have contributed little to the crisis—already experiencing the loss of life and basic human rights.

Read more about Impacts in Asia: ‘We are being deprived of our basic human rights.’

Smoke from fires in Western Australia

Impacts in Australasia: ‘I just couldn’t breathe.’

Rising temperatures have led to a rising number of wildfires across the globe.

Read more about Impacts in Australasia: ‘I just couldn’t breathe.’

Small island

Impacts in Central & South America: ‘Our ancestors had to discover how to deal with the waves, currents and corals’

Indigenous communities are disproportionately affected by the consequences of climate change.

Read more about Impacts in Central & South America: ‘Our ancestors had to discover how to deal with the waves, currents and corals’

Wildfire in Portugal

Impacts in Europe: ‘We have a lot of people who are energy poor with little protection.’

In the past year we’ve seen wildfires spread across Europe in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and Greece.

Read more about Impacts in Europe: ‘We have a lot of people who are energy poor with little protection.’

Astoria, Queens, NY, USA

Impacts in North America: ‘We have been sounding the alarm for a very, very long time’

Extreme weather events are often a byproduct of climate change. As these events grow in intensity and frequency, it has become clear that we all are vulnerable and no one is guaranteed safety.

Read more about Impacts in North America: ‘We have been sounding the alarm for a very, very long time’

Beach in Marshall Islands

Impacts on small islands: Getting ready ‘for whatever is to come’

Small island states are experiencing sea level rise, increasingly extreme weather events and storms.

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Feature Stories

Constance Okollet

Technology may prevent the worst climate scenarios, but how do we adapt now?

Ask a room full of experts for their solutions on addressing the climate crisis, and talk of promising new technologies often takes center stage. Read more
Solar panels

Top 4 promising solutions by sector to fight rising emissions

Mitigating climate change by significantly reducing carbon emissions this decade will require big transitions in all sectors, from energy and transportation to construction and industry. Read more
Aerial view of Warraber (Sue) Island, Torres Strait

How courts can help protect human rights amid climate change

A growing number of legal cases around the world have proved successful in getting governments to commit to climate action, but in the U.S. barriers to this strategy remain. Read more
Tropical Cyclone Winston hits Fiji

When it comes to addressing global climate impacts, who should pay?

In 2016, Tropical Storm Winston hit the Pacific island of Fiji as the strongest recorded storm ever to make landfall in the Southern Hemisphere. Read more
Climate protest

By the numbers: The effect of climate change on human rights

Climate change is affecting human rights around the world in significant ways. From health to food and self-determination, here are a few statistics and facts about these impacts that further demonstrate the need for coordinated action. Read more
Sheila Watt-Cloutier

How a human rights approach to climate change can spark real change

On Dec. 7, 2005, Canadian-born mother and grandmother Sheila Watt-Cloutier filed a 163-page petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights arguing that the impacts of climate change violated the “fundamental human rights” of Indigenous Inuit people like her across the Arctic. Read more

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