The University of Oxford is set to host a landmark global climate summit in 2025.

The university will collaborate with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to organise the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit.

The event is designed to bring together experts and leaders from various fields, including policymakers, technologists, academics, and celebrities, to address the climate crisis through human rights solutions.

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It will be held in conjunction with universities worldwide, convened by the International Universities Climate Alliance.

Professor Irene Tracey, vice chancellor of the University of Oxford, announced the event this week.

She was joined by Elisa Morgera, United Nations special rapporteur on human rights and climate change, Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, and representatives from UN human rights.

The summit aims to advance human rights solutions to the climate crisis, celebrate environmental human rights defenders, and unite the global climate justice movement.

It also seeks to empower and inspire people, especially students, as agents of climate justice in their future careers.

Professor Tracey said: "With our well-established and world-leading expertise in climate-related research and teaching, the University of Oxford is proud to be the academic partner for the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance.

"We are thrilled to have the opportunity to host this pivotal summit with UN human rights, bringing together leaders in human rights and climate research from around the world, across a wide range of disciplines with the common goal of finding solutions to one of the most pressing issues of our times, climate change."

Astrid van Genderen Stort, UN human rights chief external engagement and partnerships, said: "As the global partner of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance, UN human rights is grateful to the University of Oxford, universities worldwide, and the International Universities Climate Alliance, for their commitment to work with us to advance human rights solutions to prevent, minimise and remedy the human suffering caused by the climate crisis."

David Clark, founder and CEO of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance, said: "Our academic partner, the University of Oxford, has responded to the call, leveraging their unique power to engage experts in crafting solutions to the human rights challenges posed by the climate crisis.

"We also extend our gratitude to the International Universities Climate Alliance for their vital role in uniting universities around the world to help drive the global summit and plenary."

The summit is set to take place from June 4 to 7.