Global Course: Human Rights and Environment Nexus

Organized by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency in collaboration with the EGP

By Environmental Governance Programme (EGP)

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has recently organized an advanced global course on the Human Rights and Environment Nexus in collaboration with the EGP.

To facilitate co-creation, new partnerships and a platform for global joint learning, the course was digitally streamed and conducted at three regional hubs in Bogota, Bangkok and Nairobi. EGP Young Environmental Journalists and focal points participated in the Nairobi and Bogota courses.

The global course was held on November 11-13, 2019.

opening session

Watch the opening session with Marie Ottosson, Sida's Deputy Director-General, and David Boyd, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment:

Links between Human Rights, environment and Climate change

Watch this session's video recordings:

The right to a healthy environment: legal frameworks and regional instruments

Watch this session's video recordings:

System thinking and linkages between human rights, Environment and climate change

Watch the presentations by Anna Emmelin, Experiment 2000m2; Ulrika Åkesson, Sida; and Dag Jonzon, Hard Rain Project:

Indigenous land struggle: A story of hope and resilience

Watch the presentations by Daniel Kobei, Ogiek Peoples Development Program, and Carl Söderbergh, Minority Rights Group:

Integrating Human Rights in National Climate commitments

Watch the presentations by Maria Bang, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency; Sébastien Duyck, CIEL; Amanda Kron, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Ann Cathrin Pedersen, UNDP; and Ulrika Åkesson, Sida:

At the front line: Partnering with environmental and Human rights Defenders

Watch the presentations by Maria Rydlund and Sandra Lempert, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC):

Communication and raising public awareness

Watch the presentations by Charity Migwi, Akinyi Chemutai, Tun Pa Pa Kyaw and María Fernanda Cruz Aguilar, Young Environmental Journalists Network; and Victor Ramos, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency: