I started out six years ago talking about the right to a healthy environment having the capacity to bring about systemic and transformative changes. But this powerful human right is up against an even more powerful force in the global economy, a system that is absolutely based on the exploitation of people and nature.
Human rights come with legally enforceable obligations on the side of states, so I believe that this absolutely should be a game-changer and that's why states have resisted it for so long. By bringing human rights into the equation, we now have institutions, processes and courts that can say to governments this isn't an option for you to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions and phase out fossil fuels.
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