Extreme Heat Exposes Deadly Collision of Climate Change, Corporate Greed and Political Failure as Rights Burn.
Responding to extreme heat-related weather events around the globe, including widespread wildfires, drought and floods, Marta Schaaf, Program Director for Climate, ESJ and Corporate Accountability at Amnesty International, said:
“Extreme heat is not just a weather event. This heat is political. It‘s where climate change driven by corporate greed and political failure collides with people’s rights, lives and livelihoods. It’s a human rights emergency that threatens the rights to life, health, housing, water and sanitation, food, education, and a healthy environment. Extreme heat is not a stand-alone disaster. It’s a multiplier of human rights harm. While many governments and corporate actors roll back their climate action, an increasing number of people worldwide experience life altering – and in too many cases, life ending – climate change driven extreme events.
