Constitution of Bolivia (Spanish: Constitución Política del Estado)

The Constitution of Bolivia was adopted in 2009. This Constitution was drafted in accordance with the then President, Evo Morales', political campaign promise to convene a new constituent assembly. In 2007, the assembly established the year before had prepared a draft of the current Constitution. Following the Constitutional Referendum of 2009, through which 61.43% out of over 3.5 million voters approved the project, the Constitution of Bolivia came into effect. The Constitution establishes that Bolivia is composed as a Unitary Social State of Pluri-National Communitarian Law (Estado Unitario Social de Derecho Plurinacional Comunitario) that is free, independent, sovereign, democratic, inter-cultural, decentralized and with autonomies. In the Constitution’s preamble, there is a reference to the “strength of Pachamama”, Mother Nature. Moreover, it includes in its main text a provision specific to climate change. Article 407 of the Constitution states that rural development policy objectives include protecting agricultural and agro-industrial production from climate-related risks, as follows: “Article 407. The objectives of the policy of the State for comprehensive rural development, in coordination with the autonomous and decentralized territorial entities, are the following: […] 4.To protect agricultural and agro-industrial production from natural disasters and inclement climate, and geological catastrophes. The law shall provide for the creation of agricultural insurance. […]”.