Public international law: environment

The expansion of cross-border power transmission infrastructures and the regional integration of electricity markets are accelerating on several continents.

Once the exclusive prerogative of domaine reserve, landscape has gained increasing importance in international law in recent years.

The book provides a critical analysis of electronic alternatives to documents used in the international sale of goods carried by sea, including invoices, bills of lading, certificates of insurance, as well as other documentation required under documentary credits, and payment processing arrangements.

Brings together three diverse perspectives on the law relating to armed conflict.

Explains the functioning of shared competences in environmental protection by focusing on member states'' interaction with the EU legal framework.

This book provides a unique, comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of climate justice and disaster law.

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

To deal with the climate crisis we need a new paradigm of technological and social development aimed at the restoration of ecological systems--the bio-digital energy paradigm--and China is the world power best positioned to lead this change.

Rigorous exploration of the Trump administration''s pro-fossil fuel policy and its lasting impact on public health, the economy, and the environment.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the European Sustainability Model which cannot be properly understood without taking into account the global governance trends surrounding the topic.

Questions why species are becoming extinct, and how we can protect the natural world on which we all depend.

The book focuses on the interactions between international legal regimes related to biodiversity governance.

This book focuses on particulate matter emissions produced by vehicles with combustion engines.

This book addresses the issues and methods involved in governing risks posed by genetically modified (GM) agriculture.

A practical guide to water conflict resolution for professionals and academics involved in water management.

This book argues that legal geography provides new insights into contemporary conservation challenges.

Das vorliegende Lehrbuch vermittelt Studierenden und Rechtspraktikern eine schnelle Orientierung und sichere Wege zur Lösung praxisnaher Fälle im Umweltstrafrecht, dessen Bedeutung im Studium und in der Rechtspraxis rasant zunimmt.

This book examines the current status of environmental human rights at the international, regional, and national levels and provides a critical analysis of possible future developments in this area, particularly in the context of a changing climate.

This book offers readers an accessible and broad-ranging guide to Environmental Public Interest Litigation (EPIL), which has burgeoned in China over the past decade.

The recent Brexit debates present leaving the European Union largely as a threat to environmental protection, and to environmental law.

This book offers an overview of environmental law from both an international and regional perspective, focusing on global issues while at the same time offering uniquely African insights.

While energy has been extracted from the ground for two centuries, recent years have seen transformative changes to how easy it is to access underground energy resources.

A detailed overview of the law-and-economics methodology developed and employed by environmental lawyers and policymakers.

An assessment of the role of international law in preventing natural resources from fuelling armed conflict and improving their governance.

The first book to focus on the legal aspects of climate engineering, making recommendations for future laws and governance.

An overview of the obstacles to effective climate governance, including international relations, national politics and psychosocial factors.

The oceans cover more than seventy per cent of the surface of the planet and they provide many vital ecosystem services.

The oceans cover more than seventy per cent of the surface of the planet and they provide many vital ecosystem services.

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

The worst chemical disaster ever could be happening right now.

This book assesses the environmental jurisdiction of coastal states over the seabed within and beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines, thus mapping out coastal states' competencies to regulate activities impacting the marine environment of the sea floor.

The monograph analyzes international relations in the Arctic from two perspectives: cooperation and competition.

Con este proyecto pretendemos analizar la evolución del artículo 334 del Código Penal español de 1995, así como las críticas que ha recibido por parte de diferentes autores y la doctrina más científica con el paso de los años; junto a sus cambios de redacción hasta llegar a la actual; la forma en la que se ha interpretado a la hora de castigar acciones reconducibles a su supuesto de hecho y; realizar una breve reflexión desde un punto de vista tanto ecológico como jurídico, de los problemas que conllevan las conductas tipificadas relacionadas con este delito.

More countries are now using Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) than ever before.

Originally published in 1972, Should Trees Have Standing?

The tension between trade liberalisation and environmental protection has received remarkable attention since the establishment of the WTO.

This second edition of International Environmental Law, Policy, and Ethics revises and expands this groundbreaking study into the question of why the environment is protected in the international arena.

Enriches our understanding of how individuals, groups, and institutions can effectively cooperate to govern shared spaces and resources.

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

The Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters has been celebrated as a pioneering international environmental agreement.

This volume will be an essential reference for those involved in environmental and energy research.

This book examines how litigation over climate change shapes the choices of governments, corporations and the public regarding mitigation and adaptation.

The book discusses climate technology transfer under the UNFCCC framework, and China's relevant legislation and practices.

In this book, compelling case studies show how past crises have reshaped regulation, and how policy-makers can learn from crises in the future.

Leading experts provide the first comprehensive account of transnational efforts to respond to climate change, for researchers, graduate students and policy makers.

Summarises and places in context the main provisions of the key documents in EC environmental law.

This book examines the role of local knowledge in promoting agricultural innovation and legislative support for agricultural innovation through intellectual property laws and the protection of farmers' rights.

This book provides expertly written guidance on the regulation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in developing countries, including recommendations about risk analysis and governance.