Climate crisis threatening right to life: UN

The climate crisis is threatening the right to life, the UN human rights chief warned on Monday, as a heatwave roasted southern Europe.

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Volker Turk hit out at fossil fuel companies, saying they were peddling falsehoods to distract from the damage caused by climate change while they rack up profits.

"The climate crisis is a human rights crisis," said Turk, the United Nations' high commissioner for human rights.