Endowing a Sustainable World for Future Generations

The rights of nature and the rights of future generations are a continuum of rights. The rights of future generations include the right to breathe and have clean air, the right to clean and adequate water and freedom from thirst, the right to healthy food and nutrition, freedom from hunger and disease, the right to a home, to belonging, the right to a stable climate system, and freedom from fear. Since we depend on nature for sustenance, destruction of nature translates into violation of the rights of future generations. A sustainable world for future generations is based on care for the earth and regeneration of her living systems and biodiversity.

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