- Pushing forward legislation around human rights to healthy environments,
- Encouraging public engagement,
- Bringing media and political attention to Environmental Rights.
In July 2019, the Environmental Rights Caucus met in person with various stakeholders to revise and update the 2016 New Brunswick Environmental Bill of Rights drafted by the East Coast Environmental Law for the New Brunswick Environmental Rights Working Group. From this meeting emerged the New Brunswick Environmental Bill of Rights: An Act to Protect Children, All New Brunswickers and Nature. You can read it here.
The proposed New Brunswick Environmental Bill of Rights: An Act to Protect Children, All New Brunswickers and Nature was launched on June 2nd, 2021. Learn more and sign up as a supporter by clicking here.
The NBEN brings environmental groups together to work on environmental rights issues through its caucus approach.