This is the list of documents available for the submission Motion by Bailie Leòdhas Massie:- "Glasgow City Council notes the legal and social movement globally for the 'Rights of Nature', which aims to strengthen protections for people, place and planet. There are several district councils in Northern Ireland, and at least one district council in England, who have adopted resolutions calling for the adoption of rights of nature laws. Council believes that 'Rights of Nature' can help inspire an innovative rethinking about how to create regenerative, not extractive, economies while also making human and other living communities safer, stronger and more resilient. The positive work already being undertaken by Council staff and groups on the climate emergency and biodiversity crises are commendable, but we recognise the need for a rights-based approach to nature. It is proposed that the Council will continue to collaborate with civic society across Glasgow to explore what rights of nature mean for the people and the local economy. Council will, in the next twelve months, work with local communities and stakeholders to draw up a Declaration for the Rights of Nature for the City, to be brought back before the Council for consideration in 2024. Council requests that a committee report, authored in collaboration and with input from the local stakeholders involved in the Glasgow National Park City Group be brought to the Council in relation to embedding "Rights of Nature" as a keystone concept into the Council's operational practices, planning processes and long-term decision making. In addition, Glasgow City Council acknowledges our mutual environmental obligations under the Espoo Convention, and we call on all councils in Scotland to also explore "Rights of Nature" for their Council areas." .

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