UNA NUEVA CONSTITUCIÓN CHILENA: PRINCIPIOS CLAVES PARA SALUD Y CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO

This briefing analyzes a proposed new constitution for Chile, highlighting its focus on integrating public health, environmental rights, and climate action. Key proposals include recognizing the rights of nature, establishing a universal public health system that considers environmental determinants, and creating autonomous bodies like the National Water Agency and the Nature Defender to ensure sustainable resource management and ecological protection.

• Chile is identified as vulnerable to climate change, meeting seven of the nine vulnerability criteria established by the UNFCCC. The population of 19 million faces increasing climate-related health risks and exposure to hazards including earthquakes, volcanic activity, tsunamis, forest fires, floods, landslides, and a 12-year drought.
• The proposed constitution defines Chile as a 'social and democratic state of law' that is 'plurinational, intercultural, regional and ecological.' It establishes an 'indissoluble relationship' between human beings and nature, promoting 'buen vivir' (good living) as a harmonic balance between people, nature, and society.
• The proposal establishes a universal, public, and integrated National Health System based on principles of equity, solidarity, and interculturality. It mandates that the State consider the impact of social and environmental determinants on population health and recognizes the right of indigenous peoples to their own traditional medicines and health practices.
• The proposed text grants legal rights to nature, including the right to respect, protection, regeneration, and the restoration of its functions and biodiversity. It proposes the creation of an autonomous 'Defensoría de la Naturaleza' (Nature Defender) to promote and protect these rights against acts or omissions by state or private entities.
• The document outlines specific environmental and resource rights, including the right to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment, clean air throughout the life cycle, and a human right to water and sanitation for current and future generations. It proposes a National Water Agency to ensure sustainable water use.
• The proposed constitution mandates state action on the climate crisis, including prevention, adaptation, and mitigation of risks and vulnerabilities. It establishes principles of 'just climate action' and 'intergenerational solidarity' for environmental protection.
• The proposal introduces the concept of 'natural common goods' (bienes comunes naturales), which the State must custody for present and future generations. These include the territorial sea, beaches, waters, glaciers, wetlands, geothermal fields, air, atmosphere, high mountains, protected areas, and native forests.

APA

Sergeeva, M., Miller, J., & Beagley, J. (2022). UNA NUEVA CONSTITUCIÓN CHILENA: PRINCIPIOS CLAVES PARA SALUD Y CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO. Global Climate and Health Alliance. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ESP-Chile-Brief-1.pdf

Chicago

Sergeeva, Milena, Jeni Miller, and Jessica Beagley. UNA NUEVA CONSTITUCIÓN CHILENA: PRINCIPIOS CLAVES PARA SALUD Y CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO. Global Climate and Health Alliance, 2022. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ESP-Chile-Brief-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sergeeva2022una, author = {Sergeeva, Milena and Miller, Jeni and Beagley, Jessica}, title = {{UNA NUEVA CONSTITUCIÓN CHILENA: PRINCIPIOS CLAVES PARA SALUD Y CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO}}, institution = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, year = {2022}, month = aug, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ESP-Chile-Brief-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }