{"id":47097,"date":"2022-09-05T10:29:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatechangenews.com\/?p=47097"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:04:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T13:04:42","slug":"gigantic-missed-opportunity-chile-rejects-green-constitution-faces-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2022\/09\/05\/gigantic-missed-opportunity-chile-rejects-green-constitution-faces-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Gigantic missed opportunity’: Chile rejects green constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chile rejected a new constitution on Sunday which, if accepted, would have significantly expanded environmental rights and recognised the urgency of climate action.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a referendum, the South American nation rejected the proposed constitution by 62% to 38% in favour<\/a>. Voting was mandatory.<\/span><\/p>\n

As home to\u00a0the world\u2019s<\/span> largest reserves of lithium<\/span><\/a>, a key component of batteries for electric vehicles, Chile is of strategic importance in the global clean energy transition. This comes with social and environmental tradeoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n

National analysts said the rejection was a \u201cgigantic missed opportunity\u201d to regulate the mining sector in a greener and fairer way. <\/span>The result leaves Chile with fewer tools to face climate shocks, they said, such as an ongoing 13-year-long <\/span>megadrought<\/span><\/a> in the central part of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n