There is a human side to climate change that often gets obscured in technical jargon and political polarization. Effectively dealing with global warming requires we get beyond this and look at how climate change effects human rights across the planet.

Writer and Human Rights Officer for the UN Secretariat Mehrunnisa Yusuf reflects on a recent visit to the island nation of Maldives, and how their approach to adaptation to climate change should send a message to the rest of the world.