ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David R. Boyd

David R. Boyd is a Professor at the University of British Columbia and the former UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

POSTS BY David R. Boyd

15 July 2025

David R. Boyd

The Right to a Healthy Environment as a Catalyst for Urgent and Ambitious Climate Action at the IACtHR

The right to a healthy environment is at the heart of the landmark Advisory Opinion 32/25 (AO-32/25) on the climate emergency from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR). AO-32/25 marks the clearest ruling to date from an international court on the urgency of transformative changes to address the existential threat of the planetary environmental emergency caused by human activities. Continue reading >>