Public international law: environment

In May 2005, the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs organized an international conference addressing marine pollution.

This book examines the nuances of the relationship between development and environmental conservation policy in India over the last three decades.

Provides academics and practitioners with a detailed analysis of the interface between foreign investment and environmental law.

A concise, clear, and legally rigorous introduction to international environmental law and practice covering the very latest developments.

This important new monograph offers an innovative new analysis of the Aarhus Convention.

This volume of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (NYIL) addresses the question how the assumption that states have a common obligation to achieve a collective public good can be reconciled with the fact that the 195 states of today's world are highly diverse and increasingly unequal in terms of size, population, politics, economy, culture, climate and historical development.

This volume examines the process through which climate change is transforming global governance, as both an increasingly central issue on the international stage and an increasingly structured policy domain with its specific modes of governing, networks of actors, discourses, and knowledge practices.

This book addresses the forms of legal protection extended to people displaced due to the consequences of climate change, and who have either become refugees by crossing international borders or are climatically displaced persons (CDPs) in their own homelands.

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

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

This book provides original critical insights into climate politics and new directions for society''s response, for researchers, advanced students and policy makers.

This book offers a fresh perspective on the Habitats Directive's rules on designating Natura 2000 - the European biodiversity conservation network.

Presents chapters by leading international experts on global change and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region for researchers and policy makers.

This book addresses the diverse ways in which international law governs the uses, management, and protection of fresh water.

Die Arbeit befasst sich mit der Frage nach Existenz und Umfang des Schädigungsverbots im Völkerrecht.

This book examines the concept and purpose of joint development agreements of offshore hydrocarbon deposits from the perspective of public international law and the law of the sea, taking into consideration and extensively reviewing State practice concerning seabed activities in disputed maritime areas and when hydrocarbon deposits extend across maritime boundaries.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of "e;Mega-Regionals"e;, the new generation of trans-regional free-trade agreements (FTAs) currently under negotiation, and their effect on the future of international economic law.

This book provides a comprehensive study of border control: from data analysis andinformation warfare, frameworks for command and control, and game-theoretic riskmanagement, up to the (optimal) deployment of law enforcement missions.

Standards and Thresholds play an important role in many stages of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process.

Governing Arctic Seas introduces the concept of ecopolitical regions, using in-depth analyses of the Bering Strait and Barents Sea Regions to demonstrate how integrating the natural sciences, social sciences and Indigenous knowledge can reveal patterns, trends and processes as the basis for informed decisionmaking.

Climate change is one of the great problems facing humanity; this book introduces readers to major rulings from around the world that centre on climate change as a core focus.

Worldwide, half a million people die from air pollution each year-more than perish in all wars combined.

Provides the first analysis of the prospects for deep decarbonisation in key economic sectors on the road to net zero.

This book is a comprehensive and analytical perspective on the future of electricity demand in a low-carbon world.

This curated book addresses, in the scholarly realm, the problems of soil degradation and provides some practical solutions for them to save soil life.

An investigation of how climate change affects maritime boundaries, suggesting ways for the international law community to mitigate the effects.

This 2006 book shows the relevance of energy production and consumption to climate change and sustainable development.

This book applies and explores Catholic social thought, focusing on the relevance of the encyclical Laudato Si'' in an era of climate crises.

This book redesigns environmental governance for a sustainability transition, helping academics and decision-makers truly understand the socio-economic impacts of policy.

This important new monograph offers an innovative new analysis of the Aarhus Convention.

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 textbook provides a thorough yet compact review of cloud technologies.

Disaster losses in the context of natural hazards continue to rise, despite a growing understanding of disaster risks and measures to reduce them.

Die Herausgeber und Autoren der Festgabe ehren einen Juristen, Wissenschaftler und Hochschullehrer, der maßgeblich zur Ökologisierung und Internationalisierung der Umweltrechtswissenschaft beigetragen hat.

Over the last century, international law has sought to keep pace with sweeping changes that have revolutionised the international community.

Global climate constitutionalism is seen as a possible legal answer to the social and political unwillingness of states to effectively tackle climate change as a global problem.

There is persuasive evidence suggesting we are on the brink of human-induced ecological disaster that could change life on Earth as we know it.

Biomedical research is increasingly carried out in low- and middle-income countries.

While civil society and social movements claim for more effective measures to cope with anthropogenic climate change, legal scholars are witnessing the "e;aurora"e; of climate change 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.

The book rethinks the means of harmonization of prima facie norm conflicts in light of the multitude of international agreements across regimes.

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 discusses how much other countries reflect the EU chemical regulation REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, Restriction of Chemicals), in the context of Europeanization theory.

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

This book offers an in-depth analysis of and multidisciplinary insights into the latest trends in biodiversity laws, policies and science in Europe, the United States, and China.

This yearbook is a compilation of thematically arranged essays that critically analyse emerging developments, issues, and perspectives in the field of comparative law.

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

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.

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