Climate change is a human rights issue – and that's how we can solve it

Guardian: Global climate-change talks often resemble the scene of a traffic accident. Multiple voices shout each other down in a bid to tell their own version of events. What is the real damage, how quickly must it be repaired, and who should foot the bill? But the real concern is not that the debate is congested and gridlocked; it is that the current clamour masks a deeper failing, namely to identify an honest starting point. In Prosperity Without Growth, the economist Tim Jackson convincingly expounds...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/24/climate-change-human-rights-issue
Enclosure: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/23/properity-without-growth-tim-jackson