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Human Dignity in a World with a Changing Climate

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Climate changes are not new in terms of the Earth’s 4,5-billion-years-history. Nevertheless, in the much shorter humanity’s history, the Greenhouse Gases (GHG) concentration had never been as high as it is observed nowadays. This increased GHG concentration, caused by human activities over the last two hundred years is forcing a global warming that can be leading to a climate change. Dealing with the consequences of a changing climate, which are already being felt all over the world, especially by the poorest people, is a challenge in terms of human rights guarantee. Pursuing adaptation is essential to avoid the social risks of climate change that threaten human dignity. This chapter aims to differentiate the current climate change from the previous ones and to discuss some of the risks that it represents for humanity, highlighting the need to improve social-ecological systems’ resilience.

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  1. Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Vanessa C.S.P.A. da Costa & Ricardo A.C. de Miranda

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  1. Justice Studies, Lasell College, Framingham , Massachusetts, USA

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  2. Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology , Auckland, New Zealand

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da Costa, V.C., de Miranda, R.A. (2017). Human Dignity in a World with a Changing Climate. In: Sieh, E., McGregor, J. (eds) Human Dignity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56005-6_2

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