The Inuit community of Northern Canada have presented a case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights claiming that the USA has contributed so much to climate change that it has violated their human rights.
An Inuit activist and spokesperson said that global warming is "destroying the right [of the Inuit] to life, health property and means of subsistence" adding that "States that do not recognise these impacts and take action violate our human rights."
A UN report last month stated that that "average Arctic temperatures increased at almost twice the global average rate in the past 100 years".
