Pressure builds on Council of Europe to put right to healthy environment in law
Published on 03/05/2023, 11:41am
The Council of Europe will discuss the right to a healthy environment at a “historic” upcoming leaders summit in Reykjavik
By Isabella Kaminski
Iceland is leading discussions about recognising the right to a healthy environment across the 46 nations of the Council of Europe.
Prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir told a high-level conference today that there is a “pressing need for an autonomous right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment” to help address climate change and other environmental crises and pledged to send “a strong message on future challenges” at a forthcoming leaders’ summit.
Recognition of the right to a healthy environment would shift political priorities, say legal experts, and open up the potential for environmental lawsuits at both national and regional levels.
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/05/03/pressure-builds-on-council-of-europe-to-put-right-to-healthy-environment-in-law/
