{"id":17896,"date":"2022-11-01T18:07:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T18:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/2022\/11\/climate-action-and-the-rights-of-nature\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:33:38","slug":"climate-action-and-the-rights-of-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/climate-action-and-the-rights-of-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving the Future:\u00a0Climate Action and the Rights of Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><em><em>Originally published in TEACH Magazine, <a href=\"\/issues\/nov-dec-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">40 Years of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Special Issue, 2022<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By Fiona Tapp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter guarantees Canadians the basic rights to democratic and free life, but what about the right to nature? Some environmentalists argue that access to a safe and unpolluted environment should be a protected human right as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p2\">A landmark case is currently making its way through the legal system in Canada, the very first of its kind. Seven young climate activists are taking the Ontario government to task for failing to live up to several climate change targets. 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