Lawyers, scholars, and policy makers are increasingly coming to recognize the right to a healthy environment as an essential human right – but is that enough to protect the environment itself? Can we protect nature by protecting humans' rights to nature, or do we need a new, eco-centric approach?

To explore these topics, we talked to Tyler Giannini, a human rights lawyer, co-founder of EarthRights International, and the director of the Human Rights Entrepreneurship Clinic at Harvard Law School.

In the conversation, we dig into the enforcement of rights, the intersection of court cases and social movements, the idea of guardianship and legal standing for nature, and how the law is evolving in response to planetary-scale crises.

This season is part of the Planetary Embassy, a global initiative across the Swissnex network. Discover more at https://swissnex.org/planetary-embassy/

Tectonic is a production of Swissnex in Boston and New York. Find us online at https://swissnex.org/boston/