---
id: environment
title: Environment
slug: /guided-tour/rendering/environment/
description: Relay guide to the environment
keywords:
- environment
- RelayEnvironmentProvider
- useRelayEnvironment
---

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## Relay Environment Provider

In order to render Relay components, you need to render a `RelayEnvironmentProvider` component at the root of the app:

```js
// App root

const {RelayEnvironmentProvider} = require('react-relay');
const Environment = require('MyEnvironment');

function Root() {
  return (
    <RelayEnvironmentProvider environment={Environment}>
      {/*... */}
    </RelayEnvironmentProvider>
  );
}
```

* The `RelayEnvironmentProvider` takes an environment, which it will make available to all descendant Relay components, and which is necessary for Relay to function.

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## Accessing the Relay Environment

If you want to access the *current* Relay Environment within a descendant of a `RelayEnvironmentProvider` component, you can use the `useRelayEnvironment` Hook:

```js
const {useRelayEnvironment} = require('react-relay');

function UserComponent(props: Props) {
  const environment = useRelayEnvironment();

  return (...);
}
```


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