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Climate change adaption icon. A climate-friendly school, or eco-school, [1] encourages the education of sustainable developments, especially by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide produced in order to decrease the effects of climate change. [2] The term "climate-friendly school" arose and was promoted by the United Nations' education for ...
It initially had a ten-year model from its creation in c.2018 but it was drawn to a close after its first five years. [1] Morgera has argued that human rights can be the key to her work. In March 2024 she was chosen from 50 applicants [ 5 ] to succeed Ian Fry as the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the ...
Special rapporteur (or independent expert) is the title given to independent human rights experts whose expertise is called upon by the United Nations (UN) to report or advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective.
(2006- ) Lecturer at Wake Forest University School of Law. (2008–2012) Legal adviser for the government of Maldives. (2012-2015) UN Human Rights Council human rights expert in the field of environment. (2015- ) Knox became Special Rapporteur for human rights and environmental protection.
Climate change education (CCE) is education that aims to address and develop effective responses to climate change. It helps learners understand the causes and consequences of climate change, prepares them to live with the impacts of climate change and empowers learners to take appropriate actions to adopt more sustainable lifestyles . [ 1 ]
Call for Recognition of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment, co-authored with John Knox, former Special Rapporteur on human rights and environment, General Assembly, 2018, A/73/188 [13] The Right to Breathe Clean Air, Human Rights Council, 2019, A/HRC/40/55. A Safe Climate, General Assembly, 2019, UN Doc. A/74/161 (25 pp.) Annex.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar; United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues; United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of non-Recurrence
In 2021, Xanthaki was appointed the United Nations special rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] In this role, she advised the International Olympic Committee about whether Russian soldiers should be allowed to compete in the Olympic games in Paris in 2024, [ 5 ] and discussed the impact of war on cultural identity in Ukraine ...