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Beena Pallical at the 14th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights | Global Forum CDWD

The accelerating climate crisis, widespread biodiversity loss, and escalating environmental degradation are placing unprecedented pressures on businesses, governments, and societies. Across global value chains, business activities causing environmental harms have profound human rights implications, particularly for Indigenous communities. At the same time, new opportunities are emerging to address environmental impacts through evolving international norms, national laws, and multi-stakeholder initiatives that seek to tackle business-related environmental harm and identify pathways for stronger corporate environmental accountability. This includes the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, growing momentum toward classifying ecocide as an international crime, and the proliferation of due diligence laws. Legal and policy developments are complemented by collaboration among standard-setters, civil society, companies, and investors to develop a shared vision of what good integrated human rights, climate, and nature due diligence looks like. This session will examine how legal, policy, and standard-setting developments are reshaping corporate accountability for environmental harm, and how these can be leveraged to promote inclusive and sustainable development in the context of the ongoing climate crisis and sixth mass extinction. The session will explore key challenges and opportunities for driving integrated and effective human rights, climate, and nature due diligence and will also discuss how legal accountability for ecocide can complement existing human rights due diligence and ESG frameworks, helping to level the playing field and drive meaningful environmental responsibility. Special emphasis will be placed on amplifying rights holders’ experiences and perspectives, and on highlighting how affected communities, civil society, and multi-stakeholders initiatives drive stronger accountability frameworks.