Ecuadorian environmental policy on climate change as a guarantee of the right to a healthy environment

ABSTRACT

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, an infectious disease linked to environmental deterioration, this article analyzes the Ecuadorian public policies on climate change as a guarantee of the human right to a healthy environment, through documentary research based on the behaviorist theory of public poli-cies. The deductive method and the documentary analysis technique were used. Ecuador has incorporat-ed regulations on the adaptation and mitigation of climate change, and has implemented plans and pro-grams to eliminate greenhouse gases. However, environmental policy requires state attention, generating investment in environmental matters for national financing (public-private). The strategic health sector requires a budget in order to guarantee the right to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment.