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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nina Lakhani climate justice reporter

UN expert attacks ‘exploitative’ world economy in fight to save planet

David R Boyd, United Nations special rapporteur for the environment and human rights.
David R Boyd, United Nations special rapporteur for the environment and human rights. Photograph: Jean Marc Ferré/United Nations

The race to save the planet is being impeded by a global economy that is contingent on the exploitation of people and nature, according to the UN’s outgoing leading environment and human rights expert.

David Boyd, who served as UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment from 2018 to April 2024, told the Guardian that states failing to take meaningful climate action and regulating polluting industries could soon face a slew of lawsuits.

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