| Summary/Abstract |
Climate change has nearly left its imprint on every domain of our lives. The impacts of climate change could be felt on the sanitation as well. Climate change, specially through its effects on water leads to various obstacles in sanitation. Due to various sorts of calamities such as drought, flood, landslides, cyclones, fluctuations in temperature etc., the basic amenities regarding the sanitation of the masses get hindered. Water being the prime agent in sanitation is one of the most significant resources that gets manipulated by the action of climate change. Climate change highly threatens the access to water and sanitation. In the context of the above the present paper tries to explore dimensions of climate change and human rights to sanitation, sustainable sanitation and climate change, sustainable sanitation and gaps in global climate policy, and its impact on sanitation of poor countries.
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