Public international law: environment

The causes and effects of climate change are just as varied as the proposed solutions and approaches for dealing with the problem.

This is the first textbook to provide a clear understanding of law's role in promoting the global growth of renewable energy production and consumption.

This book focuses on the social and environmental issues being addressed by agricultural law within the current globalised system.

This book provides an overview of contemporary trends and challenges in maritime energy management (MEM).

The legal practices and process of the delimitation of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.

This book explores how vulnerable and resilient communities from SIDS are affected by climate change; proposes and, where possible, evaluates adaptation activities; identifies factors capable of enhancing or inhibiting SIDS people's long-term ability to deal with climate change; and critiques the discourses, vocabularies, and constructions around SIDS dealing with climate change.

This textbook, by three experts in the field, provides a comprehensive overview of international climate change law.

This book analyzes the legal and economic situation concerning the removal and allocation of the natural resources in the Caspian Sea - the largest enclosed body of salt water in the world, which not only constitutes a fragile ecosystem with great fishery resources, but is also rich in oil and gas deposits.

Presents a beautiful vision of how we could change our structures and order to give us a new role on Earth - one that will protect the natural world, rather than destroy it.

The book examines innovation in environment-friendly technologies in the automobile industry.

The book addresses the most critical issue faced by aviation and climate change: namely the development of a market based measure to control aircraft engine emissions.

The book discusses sustainability and law in a multifaceted way.

A detailed study of the engagement of state law with indigenous rights to water in comparative legal and policy contexts.

This book argues for a reframing of environmental law.

This book is based on the acknowledgment that climate change is a multifaceted challenge that requires action on the part of all stakeholders, including civil society, and the notion that climate change is at a tipping point with urgent measures needed in the next decade.

This book explores the impact of disintegrity on various aspects of governance, as the disregard of ecological conditions produce grave direct effects to human rights (to water or food) and, indirectly, also to human security in several ways.

This book explores the means by which economic liberalisation can be reconciled with human rights and environmental protection in the regulation of international trade.

This book is the most updated and comprehensive look at efforts to protect the Amazon, home to half of the world's remaining tropical forests.

The Law of International Watercourses is an authoritative guide to the rules of international law governing the navigational and non-navigational uses of international rivers, lakes, and groundwater.

A comprehensive and systematic guide to environmental rights and their relationship with standards of protection globally, nationally and locally.

Explains how to grow and govern the global economy in ways that will work economically and environmentally for sustainable development.

The doctrines of waiver, variation and estoppel are relied upon to justify or criticize a party's changed position as to its contractual obligations.

This book analyzes the legal and economic situation concerning the removal and allocation of natural resources in the Caspian Sea - the largest enclosed body of salt water in the world, which not only constitutes a fragile ecosystem with tremendous fishery resources, but is also rich in oil and gas deposits.

The title 'Commercial Maritime Law' is a misnomer.

The Arctic is particularly affected by climate change; over the past few decades, temperatures in this area have risen twice as fast as the mean global rate.

This book provides anexcellent overview of the legal issues surrounding climate change mitigationand international trade law.

This book examines whether international law has an impact on the protection of the Amazon.

Explores how the law of the sea can develop in support of the objectives of the United Nations climate regime.

This book develops an analytical framework for water law reform, using case studies across four jurisdictions, for academics, students and policy makers.

For the last few thousand years, humanity has struggled to achieve sustainable development.

This book offers two major proposals for environmental law reform, laying the groundwork for a third generation of environmental law.

Provides insight into how diverse societies observe and respond to changing environments, for those interested in climate science, policy and adaptation.

Climate change is perhaps the most important issue of our time and yet despite the urgency of the problem, the measures necessary to mitigate it have not been implemented.

This book raises awareness of environmentally friendly and resource-sparing management of winter sports areas, in order to increase the number of certified ski areas.

A review of federal and decentralised systems of governance, and whether these facilitate or hinder climate change mitigation and adaptation.

This yearbook is a compilation of thematically arranged essays that critically analyse emerging developments, issues, and perspectives in the field of comparative law.

This Encyclopedia provides a cutting-edge, up-to-date reference source on mineral and energy policies around the world.

This book examines lawsuits over climate change that have been brought around the world.

Responding to a need for a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the consequences of climate change, this book brings experts in climate science, engineering, urban planning, and conservation biology into conversation with scholars in law, geography, anthropology and ethics.

This edited volume provides a variety of insights into the context in which ocean and wetlands policy is placed at the sub-continental level.

This book traces the evolution of environmental principles from their origins as vague political slogans reflecting fears about environmental hazards to their embodiment in enforceable laws.

This book analyzes the tension between the host state's commitment to provide regulatory stability for foreign investors - which is a tool for attracting FDI and generating economic growth - and its evolving non-economic commitments towards its citizens with regard to environmental protection and social welfare.

The second edition of this leading reference work provides a comprehensive discussion of the dynamic and important field of international law concerned with environmental protection.

Climate change presents an unprecedented global challenge, and impacts upon a wide range of human economic activity.

This book identifies the role of insurance in a comprehensive system for managing environmental risks at the local, regional and global level.

National governments and private stakeholders have long recognized that protecting the global environment requires international cooperation.

This handbook is the first of its kind to provide a clear, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to the most important scientific and management topics in marine environmental protection.

A geographer''s perspective on environmental politics for advanced students and researchers in geography, social and political science.