Towards an EU fundamental charter for the Rights of Nature. Integrating nature, people, economy

This chapter introduces some of the main concepts and findings of a research study published in 2020 by the European Economic and Social Committee on the introduction of an EU Charter for the Fundamental Rights of Nature in the EU legal order. In the Study the promotion of a paradigm shift was proposed, and new legal concepts were discussed aimed to implement the principles of Earth Jurisprudence within a modern legal context in order to overcome the current failures of EU environmental law and promote a new relationship between humans and Nature. This chapter summarises the main points of the Study and tries to clarify better its main features and proposals.