The Right to Science Under Threat | Geneva Rights and Climate Talks

Protecting the right to science is a collective imperative — our shared responsibility to ensure that knowledge remains open, rigorous, and free from political or commercial interference. However, today, science is coming under such severe attacks that the ground to undertake real, meaningful climate action is being threatened.

In her report to the 59th session of the Human Rights Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on climate change highlight also that extensive research has documented the fossil fuel sector’s evolving strategies to keep the public uninformed about the severity of climate change and about the role of fossil fuels in causing it (“the playbook”). This has undermined the protection of all human rights, including the rights to information, education and science, affecting the exercise of civil and political rights and preventing effective human rights protection that are negatively impacted by climate change, for over six decades.

Leading experts speaking at this event will review the current situation and exchange on perspectives.

More information: https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/the-right-to-science-under-threat-geneva-rights-and-climate-talks/