The UN Environment Programme states: “Environmental rights means any proclamation of a human right to environmental conditions of a specified quality. Human rights and the environment are intertwined; human rights cannot be enjoyed without a safe, clean and healthy environment; and sustainable environmental governance cannot exist without the establishment of and respect for human rights. This relationship is increasingly recognized, as the right to a healthy environment is enshrined in over 100 constitutions.  https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/environmental-rights-and-governance/what-we-do/advancing-environmental-rights/what

From the Human Rights Council A/HRC/48/L.23/Rev.1 (5 October 2021): 48. The human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment 1) Recognizes the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right that is important for the enjoyment of human rights. https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-environment