nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20191030-042814-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 191029s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20191030-042814-0 doi eng 342 23 Atapattu, Sumudu Author aut “An Idea Whose Time Has Come” - On an Emerging Right to a Healthy Environment Atapattu, Sumudu Verfassungsblog 2019-10-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Human rights institutions have long grappled with the question whether established rights could be violated by environmental degradation. For most people, the short answer is, of course, yes. People have suffered for decades from health impacts of air pollution, contaminated water, odors and the like. The latest global issue to have a huge impact on the enjoyment of rights is climate change. Despite the close link between environmental degradation and the enjoyment of rights, international human rights law does not, as yet, recognize a right to a healthy environment as a human right. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 climate change Human Rights international environmental law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/an-idea-whose-time-has-come/ raw object