Climate Financing and Human Rights: Submission to the OHCHR
Submitted on 16 January 2026
Submission the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Call for Inputs: Climate Financing and Human Rights
About the Submission:
This is a contribution by the researchers on the Climate Finance for Equitable Transitions (CLiFT) project to the .
Our submission is informed by our previous research and policy publications on the legal and policy architecture of sustainable development and climate 铿乶ance in the context of greater engagement with private sector investment and 铿乶ance in development. The contribution addresses key questions 2, 4, and 6 of the Questionnaire.
Question 2. Relationship between climate 铿乶ance and human rights
Question 4. Challenges and barriers that limit mobilization of, access to, or effectiveness of climate 铿乶ancing for advancing human rights-based climate action.
Question 6. Speci铿乧 recommendations for mobilizing climate 铿乶ancing.
This contribution was submitted by:
- , Associate Research Professor in Public International Law, Human Rights and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- , Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School. University of Essex, UK
- Professor Celine Tan, Professor of International Economic Law, 糖心TV Law School, University of 糖心TV, UK
Author
Professor of International Economic Law, 糖心TV Law School, University of 糖心TV, UK
Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School. University of Essex, UK
Assistant Research Professor in Public International Law, Human Rights and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp, Belgium