Virtual Roundtables on Emerging Issues Session

Climate Change and Human Rights: How to take a Rights-Respecting Approach to Your Climate Strategy

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Human rights and climate change are inextricably linked. The impacts of rising global temperatures—natural disasters, the proliferation of vector-borne diseases, climate migration, famine, and drought—negatively impact many human rights, including the rights to shelter, natural resources, mobility, health, employment, and livelihoods. Join us to discuss the intersection between climate and human rights and learn more about creating long-term, resilient business strategies that address human rights impacts related to physical climate impacts as well as the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Scheduled Speakers

• Hannah Darnton, Associate Director, BSR

  Hannah Darnton

  Associate Director, BSR

  

  Hannah works with multinational companies to align business and human rights strategies and facilitate incorporation of sustainable practices into business operations across sectors.

  She focuses on the intersection of human rights and new, disruptive technology and leads the Tech Against Trafficking collaborative initiative.

  Prior to joining BSR, Hannah worked with the Skoll Foundation, where she co-led the portfolio and investments team’s efforts to identify social entrepreneurs with the potential to drive large-scale social change. Her work led to over US$20 million in grants and investments between 2015 and 2018. Before Skoll, Hannah spent six years working in anti-human trafficking in West Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Bay Area. She is fluent in French.

  Hannah holds a Master’s in NGOs and Development from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in Political Science and French from the University of Michigan. She currently serves on the advisory boards of Oxfam’s Women in Small Enterprise initiative and Convening17.

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• Chelsea Matthews, Manager, Climate Change, BSR

  Chelsea Matthews

  Manager, Climate Change, BSR

  Biography coming soon.

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