Climate change will, in short, have immense human consequences….  The scope of these problems – and of the action required to treat them – reach beyond previous human challenges… We have collectively failed to grasp the scale and urgency of the problem.

    - Mary Robinson, former United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland, in International Council on Human Rights Policy's Climate Change A Rough Guide

In the coming decades hundreds of millions of people will have their access to basic human rights such as health, food, water, shelter, and security critically reduced because of climate change.

By the year 2050 an estimated 200 million people around the world will face severe pressure to migrate from their home due to climate change causing one of the greatest threats to human-rights the world has ever faced.

Most of these effects will be experienced by those who are already among the poorest people of the world and who have contributed the least to creating the problem of climate change.

Climate Voices is committed to giving a voice to the people who most urgently need to be heard. We aim to bring human-rights to the forefront of the public debate on climate change through advocacy, education and outreach. 

How will climate change affect people?