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20 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 35 (2008-2009)
Global Climate Change: Can Human Rights (and Human Beings) Survive this Onslaught

handle is hein.journals/colenvlp20 and id is 41 raw text is: Global Climate Change: Can Human Rights (and Human Beings) Survive this Onslaught?t Sumudu Atapattu* ABSTRACT The fact that global climate change is occurring is no longer seriously debated; rather, the discussion now focuses on the range and severity of its consequences. These consequences extend beyond harm to the natural environment and human health and implicate the whole range of human rights recognized under international law-civil, political, economic, social, and cultural. The international community must not only find a legal solution to this problem within existing structures of governance, but must also adapt the very structures of international law in order to address such a pervasive and truly global problem which now requires the adoption of both mitigation and adaptation strategies. The response of the international community thus far has been inadequate, as the link between environmental and socioeconomic issues, such as t The original version of this Article was presented at the international conference on Law & Society in the 21 ' Century: Transformations, Resistances, Futures, Berlin, Germany, July 2007. The section on migration which was originally part of this paper was presented at the roundtable on Climate Change and Human Rights: Mapping the Overlaps, organized by the International Council on Human Rights Policy, in Geneva, October 2007 and was revised for publication in an edited volume (forthcoming). The Article was subsequently revised for publication. * Associate Director, Global Legal Studies Center, University of Wisconsin Law School; Lead Counsel, Poverty and Human Rights, Center for International Sustainable Development Law, Montreal; formerly, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Consultant, Law & Society Trust, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The author would like to thank Professors Heinz Klug, David Trubek and Howard Erlanger, the Global Legal Studies Center and the Institute for Legal Studies at University of Wisconsin Law School for sponsoring her participation at the Law & Society Conference in Berlin.

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