Can solutions to the climate crisis uphold human rights? (2026-2030)
Abstract
Our project aims to generate new interdisciplinary knowledge about the capacity of the carbon offset market to support the urgent national and global challenge of climate change while balancing responsibilities to uphold human rights. This will be vital to ensure decarbonisation - including via Australia's commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 - also cares for communities affected by carbon offset projects. By building new understandings about the challenges and opportunities for realising positive human rights' outcomes this project will deliver significant benefit by increasing the credibility of the carbon offset market and ensuring it can directly support achievement of the global commitment to decarbonise.
