Biosphere Defenders Leveraging the Human Right to Healthy Environment for Transformative Change

Earth’s life support systems depend on biodiversity and healthy ecosystems. Without radical transformations, staying within safe planetary boundaries becomes impossible. While the inequalities between Global North South are increasingly acknowledged, agency rights of people often placed in category “vulnerable” -women, youth, indigenous peoples local communities- not sufficiently recognized. This article discusses role biosphere defenders context 2022–2030 Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework right to a environment. Through dissecting judicial cases, investigates promising examples ways which use law trigger societal change. finds that contribute unleashing values responsibility by various actors, translating biocultural ecosystems into evidence processes impacting bureaucratic financial systems. Supporting work placing sustainable environment at heart human will be vital confronting head-on crises.