Chile: Chile Writes a New Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head on

Dec 28, 2021 | Somini Sengupta, New York Times
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Rarely does a country get a chance to lay out its ideals as a nation and write a new constitution for itself. Almost never does the climate and ecological crisis play a central role. That is, until now, in Chile, where a national reinvention is underway. After months of protests over social and environmental grievances, 155 Chileans have been elected to write a new constitution amid what they have declared a “climate and ecological emergency.”