Human Rights

Reasons to Conserve

Use the following links for different perspectives:

	Environmental Impacts
	Cost Impacts
	Health Impacts
	Economic Impacts
	Ecosystems Impacts
	Security Impacts
	Human Rights Impacts
	Other Impacts

Human Rights Impacts:

A relief group Christian Aid estimates the number of refugees around the world will top a billion by 2050, in large part due to global warming.
Developing countries are predicted to suffer an average 10 to 25 percent decline in agricultural productivity by the 2080s.
America uses about 15 times more energy per person than does the typical developing country. Worldwide, some 2 billion people have no electricity.

Something to think about:

Although they produce low amounts of greenhouse gases, under-developed countries—such as those in sub-Saharan Africa—have “the most to lose under dire predictions of wrenching change in weather patterns.”