Some progress was made at COP26, including a commitment to double adaptation finance and a requirement for countries with weak climate targets to improve them over the next twelve months. The negotiations in Glasgow also marked the moment, as one commentator noted, “when climate politics began to focus on the energy transition as a matter of industrial policy.” We must respond to the challenge in ways that build trust, solidarity, and shared responsibility for results.ĬOP26 outcomes represented initial, but ultimately inadequate, progress toward protecting humanity from the worst effects of the climate crisis. There is perhaps no greater frontier than the net-zero future to which the world must now pivot. His tireless efforts to develop the UNGPs and work with the business and human rights community to advance their implementation across sectors and continents is an example to us all. We dedicate this year’s Top 10 to the memory of John Ruggie, architect of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), and our former Chair and Patron. To aid in this critical integration of agendas, IHRB’s Top 10 Business and Human Rights Issues for 2022 examines the intersection of human rights and climate action, highlighting ten priority areas demanding attention by governments, business, and civil society. That includes making business and human rights standards and approaches more relevant to ongoing climate action at every level. Looking ahead to 2022 and beyond, it is imperative that environmental and human rights agendas become holistically integrated. But huge gaps still remain in commitment and action needed to confront the threat of global warming, and to do so in ways that are consistent with international human rights standards.
The 2021 UN Climate Conference in Glasgow (COP26) focused global attention on the growing urgency of the climate crisis.
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