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A Human rights-based approach to climate change: A missed Opportunity for Uganda

A Human rights-based approach to climate change: A missed Opportunity for Uganda                                                                                                                                By                                                  Labila Sumayah Musoke “Our efforts to stabilize the global climate over the course of the past two decades constitutes a series of failed promises and missed opportunities” Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, July 17, 2007 [1] . Introduction  Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented level of attention on the concept of sustainable development.  This has not left concepts of law like climate change and human rights untouched [2] . In the sustainable development discourse, law is regarded as ‘an instrument’ tailored to promote “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs” [3] . Strategically addressing climate change is by far today’s greatest cha