Volker Turk, the United Nations' human rights chief, "told a UN Human Rights Council debate on the right to #food that #ExtremeWeather events were wiping out crops, herds and ecosystems, making it impossible for communities to rebuild and support themselves.
Turk said world leaders "perform the choreography of deciding to act and promising to act and then get stuck in the short term".
He called for an end to "senseless #subsidies" of the #FossilFuel industry"
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230703-climate-change-spells-terrifying-future-un-rights-chief