World leaders attending the G20 summit in New Delhi which starts tomorrow must substantially increase international assistance and provide debt relief to vulnerable states to help deliver urgently needed climate justice and avoid a potentially catastrophic failure to safeguard human rights, Amnesty International said today.
Amnesty International is calling on G20 leaders to deliver on previous climate finance pledges they have so far failed to honour, and to adopt new commitments, including comprehensive relief for countries in debt distress. The debt crisis threatens peoples rights to adequate food, clothing and housing, enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the climate crisis poses extreme threats to the right to …
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