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Association: Name: ISA's 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION, BRIDGING MULTIPLE DIVIDES URL: http://www.isanet.org
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Nicholson, Simon. and Chong, Daniel. "From Knowledge to Action: Applying a Rights-Based Approach to Global Climate Change" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ISA's 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION, BRIDGING MULTIPLE DIVIDES, Hilton San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, Mar 26, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p252068_index.html>

Nicholson, S. J. and Chong, D. P. , 2008-03-26 "From Knowledge to Action: Applying a Rights-Based Approach to Global Climate Change" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ISA's 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION, BRIDGING MULTIPLE DIVIDES, Hilton San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p252068_index.html

Publication Type: Poster Abstract: The world is currently in an untenable position: global warming is worsening even as our understanding of climate science improves. Why is this the case? And what can be done to spur action? In this paper, we will interrogate this mismatch between knowledge and performance from a particular perspective – the perspective of human rights. Our goal is to argue that human rights discourses, mechanisms, and institutions might – indeed must – help overcome this disconnect between scientific knowledge and effective action on the problem of global climate change. Climate change is, at its base, a social rather than a scientific problem. At the root of this social problem lies injustice. The drivers of environmental change lie in social relations of consumption, reproduction, and exploitation, while the worst effects of climatic change will likely be faced by the most vulnerable. Scientific discourse has been allowed to obscure the social drivers of climate change, and to deflect attention away from the social changes that climate change demands. We need a new framework through which to analyze and act on this problem. This paper examines whether human rights can provide such a framework. Specifically, how might human rights reshape the debate over global warming and lead to different forms of legal and political action? Does the language of human rights draw attention to specific populations, geographies, and effects of “global” warming in ways that are politically meaningful? And how might the language of human rights help us to bridge the gap between knowledge and action?

Domestic Politics, International Human Rights Adjudication, and the Problem of Political Will: Cases from the Inter-American Human Rights System

Maximizing the Effects of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: An Investigation into Canada's Compliance of Domestic Law with Respect to its International Economic Human Rights Obligations