Public international law: environment

This edited volume explores the principle of solidarity in international and EU law.

The principles and practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR) date back more than a century, but the current wave of interest in this topic is unprecedented.

This book engages with international legal responses to the global environmental crisis.

This book engages with international legal responses to the global environmental crisis.

How you can solve the climate, energy and air pollution crises, without relying on ''miracle technologies''.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of how governments in vulnerable regions respond to climate migrations.

Why would political leaders shutter entire industries, decimate local economies, and destroy jobs just to clean up the air?

'My hope is that people can grow to appreciate this sector - its challenges and opportunities, but most importantly, the role agriculture can play in improving South Africa's rural economy, creating jobs and bringing about much-needed transformation (or inclusive growth).

A critical, intercultural and interdisciplinary review of our relationship with the environment, and its reflection in law and governance.

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 examines the development and implementation of the EU's legislative framework on the commercial release of GMO products as a case study of social regulation operating within a predominantly technical framework.

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

The first volume of the International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy includes an important discussion on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals that are the basis for the post-2015 development agenda up to the year 2030; the Yearbook focuses in particular on Goal 15, which includes achieving a "e;land degradation-neutral world.

This book explains, compares and assesses the legal implications of Dieselgate within a range of selected jurisdictions and at the EU, international and comparative law level.

The focus of this publication is the uniqueness of the Baltic Sea from a legal perspective, and the regulatory voids that result from the multiple layers of regulation this area is subjected to: up to six layers of regulation (general international law, regional conventions, EU law, national laws, local and municipal rules plus a whole range of non-binding norms and other 'soft law' arrangements) act in parallel.

This book offers a detailed account of the legal issues concerning the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Islands) by leading experts in the field.

This volume examines legal matters regarding the prevention and fighting of historical pollution caused by industrial emissions.

This book explores the legal regime of non-product related process and production methods (NPR PPMs) in the context of trade-restrictive environmental measures, eco-labelling requirements and sanitary measures under the WTO.

This is the first book to outline a basic philosophy of ecology using the standard categories of academic philosophy: metaphysics, axiology, epistemology, aesthetics, ethics, and political philosophy.

Written with passion for anyone interested in seeing an end to the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, this book shows how, by working together, people all over the world who care about these animals are gradually bringing about change for the better.

This book explores a range of plausible futures for environmental law in the new era of the Earth's history: the Anthropocene.

This fourth volume in the book series on Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law focuses on human perspectives regarding the development and use of nuclear energy; the need for regional solutions; and recent activities towards prohibiting and abolishing nuclear weapons.

This book explores the current notion and definition of property, and its interpretation and implementation in relation to the environment.

This book focuses on understanding the characteristics of the marine environment; overall characteristic of the marine resources (especially the marine new energy) and their current utilization; important routes, channels, and ports; and the Maritime Silk Road from the perspective of international law.

News:The 2012 Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law is awarded to Emeritus Professor Koh Kheng-Lian in recognition of her important and pioneering contributions to the development and evolution of environmental law in Singapore and in the whole ASEAN region.

This book presents an important discussion on land tenure rights for the effective implementation of sustainable soil management provisions.

This textbook is intended to be used in an upper-level international environmental issues class as part of the American Environmental Studies and Sciences book series.

Enough laws have been enacted since the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing to permit a study which is capable of accurately portraying the status quo of national implementation of the Protocol and the ensuing practice, emerging challenges and how countries are coping with them.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of how governments in vulnerable regions respond to climate migrations.

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

An argument that secretariats—the administrative arms of international treaties—are political actors in their own right.

This book addresses the causes of rising crime rates resulting from the rapid population growth and industrialization associated with natural resource extraction in rural communities.

Climate change poses an escalating challenge to global society, with climate-related disasters becoming more frequent, severe and widespread in their impact on individuals and communities, and in their interference with human rights.

This book provides valuable insights into various contemporary issues in public and private maritime law, including interdisciplinary aspects.

International Marine Mammal Law is a comprehensive, introductory volume on the legal regimes governing the conservation and utilisation of marine mammals.

This book offers recent insights into some of the burning issues of our times: climate change, exposure to chemicals, refugee issues and the ecological harm that accompanies conflict situations.

This book focuses on under-explored and often neglected issues in contemporary African environmental philosophy and ethics.

This book is the first to undertake a gendered analysis of geoengineering and alternative energy sources.

This book provides a broad understanding of whether law plays a role in influencing patterns of sustainable consumption and, if so, how.

This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of the various issues faced by countries in the European Union, where progressing climate change and urbanization pose significant cooperative challenges in a large number of river basins.

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.

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

This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative translation into English of national and international laws of Russia that relate to the Arctic from the early 19th century to the present, revealing the historical and current context of sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction across nearly half of the north polar region.

This book presents a new framework for the 'trade and environment' debate and discusses the ways in which the EU and the WTO address this topic: positive, negative and non-integration.

This book presents an important discussion on future options for sustainable soil management in Africa from various perspectives, including national soil protection regulations, the role of tenure rights, the work of relevant international institutions such as the UNCCD and FAO, and regional and international cooperation.

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.

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.

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

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.