Events which people
were able to avoid, prevent or save their fellows from and about which they did
nothing or which they vindictively prosecuted, have historically, and
traditionally, been seen as a crime against humanity.
Yet to be born generations of people struggling with the legacy
of inaction and procrastination on climate change by today’s world leaders will
be wondering why those of us who “knew” what was unfolding, failed to act.
The June 2014 edition of the Health and Human Rights journal
has said in its editorial: ”The Great Procrastination”:
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created in
response to global outrage at the human suffering and atrocities of the Second
World War. The world united to ensure that humankind would never again experience
such loss of dignity and freedom.
”Unabated climate change poses exactly this threat; it is imperative
that we use our human rights entitlements to guide the process and actions to
mitigate such disaster.”
The failure of many governments of developed countries to
act to positively address climate change, among them Australia and Canada,
represents a crime against humanity.
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