Public international law: environment

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) represents the largest infrastructure project of its kind, spanning 3,000 km and linking two nations.

Distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar panels, microgrids, and residential battery storage are reshaping electricity systems by enabling autonomous consumption and localised generation.

Biodiversity is in accelerated decline and urgent action is needed.

Biodiversity is in accelerated decline and urgent action is needed.

Environmental law is a broad discipline covering issues such as nature conservation, the prevention or abatement of pollution, and waste management.

The prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment has a special status.

The prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment has a special status.

Transforming World Trade and Investment Law for Sustainable Development explains why the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda for "e;Transforming our World"e;--aimed at realizing universal human rights and the17 agreed sustainable development goals (SDGs)--requires transforming the UN and WTO legal systems, as well as international investment law and adjudication.

Transforming World Trade and Investment Law for Sustainable Development explains why the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda for "e;Transforming our World"e;--aimed at realizing universal human rights and the17 agreed sustainable development goals (SDGs)--requires transforming the UN and WTO legal systems, as well as international investment law and adjudication.

Environmental law is a broad discipline covering issues such as nature conservation, the prevention or abatement of pollution, and waste management.

Most governments have established procedures to appraise the environmental impacts of proposed activities.

Most governments have established procedures to appraise the environmental impacts of proposed activities.

For the last seventy years, upstream petroleum concessions have been granted worldwide by states to investors, in order to facilitate petroleum exploration and production for the state's benefit, but at the investor's risk and expense.

While climate change litigation in developed countries of the 'Global North' is a well-studied phenomenon (from its distinctive characteristics and the contribution it is making, to the implementation of international climate laws like the Paris Agreement), relatively few studies focus on climate case law emerging elsewhere.

Almost fifty years have passed since the adoption of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (the UNESCO World Heritage Convention).

Fair and equitable benefit-sharing is a diffuse legal phenomenon in international law.

In countless ways we are affected by international environmental norms: some social, others legal; some quite general, others very specific.

For the last seventy years, upstream petroleum concessions have been granted worldwide by states to investors, in order to facilitate petroleum exploration and production for the state's benefit, but at the investor's risk and expense.

Following the two world wars of the twentieth century, governments decided to dispose of unwanted chemical weapons in the world's oceans.

Following the two world wars of the twentieth century, governments decided to dispose of unwanted chemical weapons in the world's oceans.

The number of severe and sometimes catastrophic disruptive events has been rapidly increasing.

Recent years have witnessed exciting developments in international negotiations, litigation, and scholarship about climate change, but doctrinal research in the field remains in its infancy.

Environmental Law in Arab States offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of the guiding principles and rules relating to environmental protection in the Arab region.

Recent years have witnessed exciting developments in international negotiations, litigation, and scholarship about climate change, but doctrinal research in the field remains in its infancy.

The number of severe and sometimes catastrophic disruptive events has been rapidly increasing.

Environmental Law in Arab States offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of the guiding principles and rules relating to environmental protection in the Arab region.

While climate change litigation in developed countries of the 'Global North' is a well-studied phenomenon (from its distinctive characteristics and the contribution it is making, to the implementation of international climate laws like the Paris Agreement), relatively few studies focus on climate case law emerging elsewhere.

Once seen as aspirational and relatively innocuous, 'sustainability' or 'sustainable development' provisions are now changing the face of international trade agreements.

Once seen as aspirational and relatively innocuous, 'sustainability' or 'sustainable development' provisions are now changing the face of international trade agreements.

Almost fifty years have passed since the adoption of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (the UNESCO World Heritage Convention).

Energy transition is a complex global problem, with governance and policies cutting across multiple legal silos including human rights, environment, international economics, finance, energy, law of the sea, and transnational commerce.

Energy transition is a complex global problem, with governance and policies cutting across multiple legal silos including human rights, environment, international economics, finance, energy, law of the sea, and transnational commerce.

What if the next global crisis is already here—and we’re still tackling it with yesterday’s tools?

Nearly everyone accepts as gospel two assumptions: compliance with environmental rules is high, and enforcement is responsible for making compliance happen.

What if the next global crisis is already here—and we’re still tackling it with yesterday’s tools?

During the 1970s and 1980s the United States led the world in negotiating one of the most important treaties in history, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

During the 1970s and 1980s the United States led the world in negotiating one of the most important treaties in history, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

"e;This is an excellent and comprehensive book which can be recommended without reservation.

"e;This is an excellent and comprehensive book which can be recommended without reservation.

Departing from the complex reality of cities and intending to address existing vulnerabilities from a legal perspective, this book aims to suggest the implementation of new legal frameworks which, through more adaptive mechanisms of law, can allow the realization of justice for socio-ecological resilience.

Departing from the complex reality of cities and intending to address existing vulnerabilities from a legal perspective, this book aims to suggest the implementation of new legal frameworks which, through more adaptive mechanisms of law, can allow the realization of justice for socio-ecological resilience.

This book explores the concept of ecocide and critically assesses how the criminalisation of serious harm against the environment fits within international criminal law broadly construed.

This book explores the concept of ecocide and critically assesses how the criminalisation of serious harm against the environment fits within international criminal law broadly construed.

Nach Definition des Klimabegriffs werden die physikalischen Gesetzmaigkeiten erlautert, die den, durch anthropogene Beeinflussung verstarkten Treibhauseffekt zur Folge haben, welcher den Klimawandel beschleunigt, Die diesem entgegenwirkenden politischen Zielsetzungen und die darauf bezogenen, international gultigen Konventionen und Konferenzbeschlusse werden ebenso, wie die darauf beruhenden Manahmen, unter besonderer Hervorhebung des Emissionshandels, dargelegt.

Nach Definition des Klimabegriffs werden die physikalischen Gesetzmaigkeiten erlautert, die den, durch anthropogene Beeinflussung verstarkten Treibhauseffekt zur Folge haben, welcher den Klimawandel beschleunigt, Die diesem entgegenwirkenden politischen Zielsetzungen und die darauf bezogenen, international gultigen Konventionen und Konferenzbeschlusse werden ebenso, wie die darauf beruhenden Manahmen, unter besonderer Hervorhebung des Emissionshandels, dargelegt.