Desmond Tutu is right about Climate Change + its inextricable links to Human Rights + what about Natures Rights? This past week the South African Archbishop – for years the spiritual leader of the anti-apartheid movement – weighed in on climate change and its link to human rights, just as the United Nations climate summit took place in New York. Climate change, said Tutu, has emerged as the human rights challenge of our time, with the worst consequences of a warming planet being visited on the worlds poor. The survival of many who call the African continent home, Tutu points out, is tied directly to the state of the environment. When he speaks of climate change, and the problems it brings, the spectre of human suffering is at the forefront of his argument. Tutu calls for the same strategies that were so effective in the struggle against the previous authoritarian apparatus of his homeland, which was responsible for upholding apartheid. He demands sanctions and boycotts against polluters. He wants broad-based collective action in what he believes is a moral movement opposing unethical corporations whose impetus towards profit outweighs all other concerns, including the unfolding ecological crisis. vancouverobserver/opinion/desmond-tutu-right-about-climate-change-and-its-inextricable-links-human-rights
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 04:38:30 +0000