The author argues that earlier understandings of water as a sacred resource form an invaluable backdrop to contemporary reflections upon the damage caused by climate change, and can, moreover, be related to the modern concept of biological integrity. Linking climate change damage to the violation of human rights, in particular to the human rights of indigenous populations, the author offers a critique of the current failure to respond adequately to climate change damage, linking this to consumerism and globalization. She argues for the adoption of a focus on climate change justice that clearly enmeshes climate change and human rights, including the human right to water, which she argues should now be explicitly adopted as an international human right.
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- 1 Introduction to the right to water
- 2 A brief survey of the law in antiquity
- 3 Water security and pollution: The canadian example
- 4 Water as danger and the negative consequences of climate change
- 5 Climate change justice: The watershed issue of our time
- 6 The international community response to climate change and the threat to human rights
- 7 The root causes of climate change threats: Globalization and the failure to respect ecological limits
- 8 Conclusion
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