Amnesty International welcomes the Advisory Committee’s report on the impact of new technologies intended for climate protection on the enjoyment of human rights and notes in particular its findings that:
• such technologies risk delaying the rapid end to fossil fuel production and use that we need (“emissions cut deterrence”);
• they may also promote systemic close-mindedness and avert structural change required to address existing inequalities; and
• “given the lack of sufficient knowledge as to their risks and adverse impacts, a presumption may apply that all new technologies intended for climate protection are generally harmful to human rights and their deployment would be contrary to existing States obligations”.
