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- 1Parliamentary Assembly calls for European treaty on healthy environment▼Parliamentary Assembly: Europe needs treaty on right to a healthy environment
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called for a new treaty establishing the right to a healthy environment across Europe. The appeal reflects growing pressure to give environmental protection the same legal standing as other fundamental human rights, amid rising concerns over climate change, pollution and the lack of binding enforcement mechanisms at pan-European level.