David R. Boyd

David Richard Boyd is a Canadian environmental lawyer, activist, and diplomat. He is United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment.

He supported the Escazu agreement. He supported a Jakarta Clean Air lawsuit. He called on countries to defund coal infrastructure. He is a supporter of the #1Planet1Right campaign. He endorsed a condemnation of the killing of Nacilio Macario. He presented a report about water shortages to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

He graduated from University of Alberta, and University of Toronto. He was executive director of Ecojustice Canada. He teaches at University of British Columbia.

• Why all human rights depend on a healthy environment, The Conversation, October 27, 2020
• The Rights of Nature (ECW Press, 2017), ISBN 9781770412392
• The Optimistic Environmentalist (ECW Press, 2015), ISBN 9781770907645
• Cleaner, Greener, Healthier: A Prescription for Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws and Policies (UBC Press, 2015)
• The Environmental Rights Revolution: A Global Study of Constitutions, Human Rights, and the Environment (UBC Press, 2012).