Even the proponents of the social cost of carbon recognize the measure’s limits due to its inability to consider other relevant factors that are difficult to quantify, which can include human rights impacts. How does one put a dollar value to the number of families displaced by land grabs for coal mines, the deaths caused by paramilitaries which were allegedly hired by a coal company in Colombia, or the deprivation of traditional livelihoods of indigenous communities who are now forced to live in urban matchboxes?...This is not an issue of energy poverty only, but more holistically, one of quality of life characterized by opportunities for education, the ability to preserve traditional livelihoods, the right to clean and sufficient water, freedom of association and respect of the right to free, prior and informed consent before a coal operation is allowed, and the physical security of those who decide to oppose such mining projects...The campaign against coal is best approached in a multi-disciplinary, multi-framework approach that combines science, economics, and yes, the issue of enforceable rights. This is why the movement towards including a human rights framework at the upcoming Paris Conference of Parties (COP) is an encouraging development. [Refers to Peabody Energy]