Yuridika
Vol. 37 No. 2 (2022): Volume 37 No 2 May 2022

Eco-Anxiety:Right to Healthy Environment

Siti Hafsyah Idris (Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM))
Norjannah Nasution (Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor MALAYSIA)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 May 2022

Abstract

Eco-anxiety' as a concept is relatively new and has received media attention recently, even though the feeling has probably existed for some time. People who are depressed and lose control when thinking about the impact of human activity on the planet, such as climate change. Climate change is an actual dimension into their mental-health problems, which is not medically recognised or defined. This is normative legal research. The data were consolidated and examined using the legal norm method, which uses qualitative legal analysis, logic, and argumentation. This paper reviewed the literature on eco-anxiety and its legal implications. Environmental and health law continues to be separate bodies of international law, even though the right to health is intertwined with the right to a healthy environment. A right to a clean and healthy environment should explicitly include the right to health-physically and mentally. Priority should be given to greening public health infrastructure, such as mental health facilities, as part of eco-anxiety recovery plans to support the emergence of the environmental impact on mental health and the country's mental health promotion and prevention efforts to serve their needs better.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

YDK

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

The scope of Yuridika article concerns dogmatic legal studies, this is the procedure of scientific research to find the truth of the logic of the dogmatic legal studies, particulary in developing and emerging countries. These may include but are not limited to various field such as : 1 Criminal Law; ...