Public international law: environment

Few concerns preoccupy contemporary progressive thought as much as the issue of how to achieve a sustainable human society.

Few concerns preoccupy contemporary progressive thought as much as the issue of how to achieve a sustainable human society.

This book analyses the Habitats Directive; one of the most prominent piece of EU environmental legislation of the past decades.

This book analyses the Habitats Directive; one of the most prominent piece of EU environmental legislation of the past decades.

The 2002 New Delhi Declaration of Principles of International Law relating to Sustainable Development set out seven principles on sustainable development, as agreed in treaties and soft-law instruments from before the 1992 Rio 'Earth Summit' UNCED, to the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, to the 2012 Rio UNCSD.

Human activities are depleting ecosystems at an unprecedented rate.

Demonstrating the shortcomings of current policy and legal approaches to access and benefit-sharing (ABS) in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this book recognizes that genetic resources are widely distributed across countries and that bilateral contracts undermine fairness and equity.

Demonstrating the shortcomings of current policy and legal approaches to access and benefit-sharing (ABS) in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this book recognizes that genetic resources are widely distributed across countries and that bilateral contracts undermine fairness and equity.

This book examines the trade in nonhuman animals of endangered wild species.

The world's freshwater supplies are increasingly threatened by rapidly increasing demand and the impacts of global climate change, but current approaches to transboundary water management are unsustainable and may threaten future global stability and international security.

The world's freshwater supplies are increasingly threatened by rapidly increasing demand and the impacts of global climate change, but current approaches to transboundary water management are unsustainable and may threaten future global stability and international security.

This book explores the process of shipbreaking in developing countries, with a particular focus on Bangladesh.

This book explores the process of shipbreaking in developing countries, with a particular focus on Bangladesh.

Deforestation in tropical rainforest countries is one of the largest contributors to human-induced climate change.

Deforestation in tropical rainforest countries is one of the largest contributors to human-induced climate change.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the state of international law as it applies to transboundary groundwater resources and aquifers.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the state of international law as it applies to transboundary groundwater resources and aquifers.

The core structure of the regulatory regime for international civil aviation (the 'Chicago System') is inter-national.

International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability provides a clear and concise insight into the relationship between the institutions that govern foreign investment, sustainable development and the rules and regulations that administer natural resources.

International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability provides a clear and concise insight into the relationship between the institutions that govern foreign investment, sustainable development and the rules and regulations that administer natural resources.

This book presents a legal genealogy of biodiversity - of its strategic use before and after the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1993.

This book presents a legal genealogy of biodiversity - of its strategic use before and after the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1993.

The marine environment does not naturally respect arbitrary international boundaries.

The marine environment does not naturally respect arbitrary international boundaries.

Bringing together contributions from diplomats, UN agency officials, lawyers and academics, this book provides insight into the evolution of international environmental law, diplomacy and negotiating techniques.

Bringing together contributions from diplomats, UN agency officials, lawyers and academics, this book provides insight into the evolution of international environmental law, diplomacy and negotiating techniques.

Public participation has become a recurring theme and a topical issue in the field of international environmental law, with many multilateral environmental instruments calling on states to guarantee effectively the concept in their laws and practices.

Public participation has become a recurring theme and a topical issue in the field of international environmental law, with many multilateral environmental instruments calling on states to guarantee effectively the concept in their laws and practices.

National implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) provisions has yielded enough challenges for providers and users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge alike.

National implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) provisions has yielded enough challenges for providers and users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge alike.

Environmental law and governance are the cornerstones of global efforts to conserve the environment, protect resources and ensure fair and equitable outcomes for all of the planet's inhabitants.

Environmental law and governance are the cornerstones of global efforts to conserve the environment, protect resources and ensure fair and equitable outcomes for all of the planet's inhabitants.

There is much controversy over the development of new dams for hydropower, where concerns for environmental protection and the livelihoods of local people may conflict with the goals of economic development.

There is much controversy over the development of new dams for hydropower, where concerns for environmental protection and the livelihoods of local people may conflict with the goals of economic development.

Modern environmental regulation and its complex intersection with international law has led many jurisdictions to develop environmental courts or tribunals.

Modern environmental regulation and its complex intersection with international law has led many jurisdictions to develop environmental courts or tribunals.

Environmental harms exert a significant toll and pose substantial economic costs on societies around the world.

The history of human rights suggests that individuals should be empowered in their natural, political, political, social and economic vulnerabilities.

The history of human rights suggests that individuals should be empowered in their natural, political, political, social and economic vulnerabilities.

Given the magnitude of the risks associated with commercial activities in the Arctic arising as a result of the milder climate, new business opportunities raise important questions of responsibility and liability.

Given the magnitude of the risks associated with commercial activities in the Arctic arising as a result of the milder climate, new business opportunities raise important questions of responsibility and liability.

The current system of international law is experiencing profound transformations.

The current system of international law is experiencing profound transformations.

Water plays a key role in addressing the most pressing global challenges of our time, including climate change adaptation, food and energy security, environmental sustainability and the promotion of peace and stability.

Water plays a key role in addressing the most pressing global challenges of our time, including climate change adaptation, food and energy security, environmental sustainability and the promotion of peace and stability.

Twenty years after the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entered into force, the founding of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in 2012 was the outcome of a long process of setting biodiversity issues at the top of the global environmental agenda.

Twenty years after the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entered into force, the founding of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in 2012 was the outcome of a long process of setting biodiversity issues at the top of the global environmental agenda.

The ecosystem approach embodies a concept of the environment which emphasizes the integrated components of nature as complex adaptive systems.

The ecosystem approach embodies a concept of the environment which emphasizes the integrated components of nature as complex adaptive systems.

Disasters raise serious challenges for contemporary legal orders: they demand significant management, but usually amidst massive disruption to the normal functioning of state authority and society.