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18 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 115 (2009)
Integrated Justice: Human Rights, Climate Change, and Poverty

handle is hein.journals/tlcp18 and id is 117 raw text is: Integrated Justice: Human Rights, Climate Change, and Poverty Stephen L. Kass* I. S U M M ARY ............................................................................................. 116 II. THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS .............................................. 118 A. Water Scarcity ............................................................................... 118 B . O cea n s ........................................................................................... 1 19 C. Deforestation /Desertification ....................................................... 120 D. Urban Migration ........................................................................... 120 E . E nergy ........................................................................................... 12 1 F. Food Deficiency ............................................................................. 121 G. Refugees; Warfare ......................................................................... 122 III. CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND RESPONSES ....................................... 122 A. Accelerating the Current Crisis .................................................... 122 B. International Climate Change Responses ................................... 123 C. Implications for Developing Countries ........................................ 126 D. Implications for Human Rights ................................................... 127 IV. APPLICABLE HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS ............................................ 128 A. Civil and Political Rights ............................................................. 128 B. Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights ....................................... 129 1. Corruption ................................................................................. 131 2. Discriminatory Allocation of Resources .................................. 132 3. Regressive or Irrational Social Policies ................................... 132 4. International Actors ................................................................. 133 5. Corporations ............................................................................. 136 6. Remedies .................................................................................. 137 V. CONCLUSION ......................................................................................... 138 Stephen L. Kass is a partner at the New York City law firm of Carter Ledyard & Milburn, LLP, adjunct professor of international environmental law at Brooklyn Law School, and an Emeritus Director of Human Rights Watch. The views expressed here are his own and not those of any organization. Judith Wallace, an associate at Carter Ledyard & Milburn, LLP, assisted in the preparation of this article.

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