Rights focus sought over climate

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More attention to human rights is needed in tackling climate change, former Irish President Mary Robinson will say in a lecture.
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"We can no longer think of climate change as an issue where we the rich give charity to the poor to help them cope," she is expected to say.

"Climate change has already begun to affect the fulfilment of human rights and our shared human rights framework entitles and empowers developing countries and impoverished communities to claim protection of these rights."
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"There is strong evidence of the rich causing the problem, with the poor most adversely affected, and thus it is time that rich countries address their obligations to reduce climate change and mitigate its effects, including those beyond their borders," Ms Robinson will say.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6166835.stm

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1. I have always trusted Mary Robertson and she is right about this.