Twitter Moot: Common Law Right To A Healthy Atmosphere?

Do Canadians have a legally recognized right to a healthy global atmosphere?

If so, large scale emissions of greenhouse gases would be illegal, because they damage the health of the global atmosphere.  Legal recognition of such a right would raise a wide range of legal and political questions including the possibility of:

• lawsuits being filed against large-scale emitters of greenhouse gases;
• questions about the government's legal and political responsibility to protect the public's right to a healthy atmosphere; and
• the courts interpreting environmental and other legislation in ways that protect the right to a healthy atmosphere.

Ok, it's a longshot, but exciting to think about.