Climate Refugees to Voice Experiences in Historic US Hearing

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hear from people on the frontline of the climate emergency in Mexico, Honduras, the Bahamas and Colombia as part of a special hearing sought by human rights groups in Latin America, the US and the Caribbean.

Communities under imminent threat from rising sea levels, floods and other extreme weather will testify in Washington as the region’s foremost human rights body holds a first-of-its-kind hearing on how climate catastrophe is driving forced migration across the Americas. Read More

News Credit: The Guardian

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