Public international law: environment

There are few existential challenges more serious in the twenty first century than energy transition.

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

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

Global regulatory standards are emerging from the environmental and health jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice, the World Trade Organization, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and investor-state dispute settlement.

Global regulatory standards are emerging from the environmental and health jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice, the World Trade Organization, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and investor-state dispute settlement.

Natural resources and their effective management are necessary for securing the realisation of human rights.

Natural resources and their effective management are necessary for securing the realisation of human rights.

Environmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems.

Environmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems.

This Handbook is the first comprehensive account of comparative environmental law.

This Handbook is the first comprehensive account of comparative environmental law.

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

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

Many international obligations are subject to exceptions.

Many international obligations are subject to exceptions.

The most important climate agreement in history, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change represents the commitment of the nations of the world to address and curb climate change.

The most important climate agreement in history, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change represents the commitment of the nations of the world to address and curb climate change.

This book examines the extent to which international law places obligations directly on corporate entities.

This book examines the extent to which international law places obligations directly on corporate entities.

Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea examines the rights and duties of states across a broad spectrum of maritime security threats.

Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea examines the rights and duties of states across a broad spectrum of maritime security threats.

Networks like cables and pipelines are essential for a functioning energy market.

Networks like cables and pipelines are essential for a functioning energy market.

Displacement caused by climate change is an area of growing concern.

Displacement caused by climate change is an area of growing concern.

Since 2005 the carbon market has grown to a value of nearly $100 billion per annum.

Since 2005 the carbon market has grown to a value of nearly $100 billion per annum.

From land management to water rights, this volume looks at the current status of Common Property Resources, or CPRs, in South Asia.

The international community has long grappled with the issue of safeguarding the environment and encouraging sustainable development, often with little result.

The international community has long grappled with the issue of safeguarding the environment and encouraging sustainable development, often with little result.

Climate change presents one of the greatest challenges of our time, and has become one of the defining issues of the twenty-first century.

Climate change presents one of the greatest challenges of our time, and has become one of the defining issues of the twenty-first century.

This three-volume Manual on International Maritime Law presents a systematic analysis of the history and contemporary development of international maritime law by leading contributors from across the world.

This three-volume Manual on International Maritime Law presents a systematic analysis of the history and contemporary development of international maritime law by leading contributors from across the world.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses plays a crucial role in protecting and managing international watercourses and other sources of fresh water.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses plays a crucial role in protecting and managing international watercourses and other sources of fresh water.

A new phase is emerging in the relationship between energy and resource activities and the communities that are affected by them.

A new phase is emerging in the relationship between energy and resource activities and the communities that are affected by them.

Under the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention, States have sovereign rights over the resources of their continental shelf out to 200 nautical miles from the coast.

Under the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention, States have sovereign rights over the resources of their continental shelf out to 200 nautical miles from the coast.

This fully updated second edition of Corporate Accountability in International Environmental Law examines systematically all international sources of corporate accountability standards with specific reference to environmental protection, and elaborates on their theoretical and practical implications for international environmental law.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In international law, as in any other legal system, respect and protection of human rights can be guaranteed only by the availability of effective judicial remedies.

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.

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.