Climate change is a human rights issue - what does this mean for business?

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Businesses have a legal duty under human rights legislation to act on climate change, argues ClientEarth's Sophie Marjanac

Climate change is "probably the greatest human rights challenge of the 21st century", according to the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson. From floods destroying homes to global...

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