ABSTRACT
Climate change is one of the defining challenges of the twenty-first century and is a considerable threat to both natural and human systems (IPCC, 2014). It has become increasingly clear that climate change will severely impact the enjoyment of human rights, such as the right to life, adequate food, the highest attainable standard of health, adequate housing, self-determination, and access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Furthermore, the impact of climate change on human rights will not be felt equally, with the poorest and most politically marginalised communities affected the most (Roht-Arriaza, 2010). The increasingly apparent human rights implications of climate change have led many observers to explore how to incorporate human rights institutions, practices and discourses into debates on environmental harm, environmental laws and environmental regulation. One such opportunity has emerged in the area of criminology and the development of the green perspective in recent years.
