New Resources: Environmental Rights Amendment Toolkit

Environmental rights amendments can make a real difference for climate and environmental justice in states where they are adopted. But their language matters, and different choices can lead to stronger or weaker results.

The Climate Equity Policy Center has developed a toolkit to enable advocates and policymakers to navigate this emerging policy environment and apply learnings to date.

In the toolkit you’ll find:

• Model amendment language with guidance on how specific language can be tailored

• A legal memo analyzing the benefits, considerations, and key provisions for a state environmental rights amendment

• A resource listing the text of existing state amendments

• A chart analyzing existing environmental rights amendments

• A two-page factsheet providing an overview of environmental rights amendments in brief

• A four-page factsheet providing the essentials of environmental rights amendments

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