An academic at the ANU has been appointed as the world's first special representative for the United Nations on how climate change might affect human rights.
As the UN's first Special Rapporteur for human rights and climate change, Ian Fry's role will be to monitor the effects of climate change particularly on poorer countries, many of which are forecast to feel its affects badly.
He is an internationally recognised expert on environmental law and policy. In his new role, he is expected to visit two countries a year for the three years of his tenure and report back to the UN's Human Rights Council in Geneva.
