From left: Philip Alston, Center for Human From left: Philip Alston, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice Chair, New York University School of Law; Amnesty International’s Secretary General Kumi Naidoo; Jennifer Morgan, International Executive Director, Greenpeace International; Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, General Coordinator, Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras; Rodrigo Estrada, Global Communications Manager, Greenpeace Canada; Craig Mokhiber, New York Office Director, United Nations Human Rights Office; Wallace Global Fund’s Executive Director Ellen Dorsey; and Carroll Muffett, President and CEO, Center for International Environmental Law address reporters at the Press Conference for the Peoples’ Summit on Climate, Rights and Human Survival at New York University School of Law.
Organizers include the United Nations Human Rights Office, Greenpeace International, Amnesty International, Center for International Environmental Law, Wallace Global Fund and New York University School of Law. The event aimed to galvanize the human rights movement, and related constituencies, to rally behind a global call for climate justice. At the same time, it was an open invitation for those working to protect our planet to center their efforts on communities, particularly around the people most impacted and least responsible for the climate crisis.