United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has named the climate change crisis as “the single greatest challenge to human rights of our era”.
In her opening statement for the 48th session of the Human Rights Council which will last until October 8, Bachelet on Monday noted that the interlinked crises of pollution, climate change and biodiversity act as threat multipliers, amplifying conflicts, tensions and structural inequalities, and forcing people into increasingly vulnerable situations.
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