The future of international environmental law / edited by David Leary and Balakrishna Pisupati.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leary, David Kenneth.

Pisupati, Balakrishna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law, International.

Physical Description:

xi, 335 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University, [2010]

Summary:

This book explores the future of international environmental law in a world of ever worsening environmental crises. It examines the success stories and failures of international environmental law and argues that future responses to global environmental crises will be more about good environmental governance than just more treaties and laws. Environmental governance will need to accommodate the needs and aspirations of peoples from developed and developing countries alike and will have to be based on decisions and actions by a vast range of actors and stakeholders-not just the nation-state that has traditionally dominated environmental diplomacy. This also suggests a need to be cognizant of the close links to other areas of international law, including human rights.

The Future of International Environmental Law tackles the major environmental challenges of our times including climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution and overfishing of the oceans. It examines what we can learn from the implementation of existing international environmental laws over the past few decades. It also considers a range of emerging issues such as the management of the environmental challenges faced by the Arctic, nanotechnology, biofuels and synthetic genomics. Book jacket.

Contents:

Climate change and pollution : addressing intersecting threats to oceans, coasts and small island developing states / Ann Powers

Biodiversity / Susan Shearing

Implementation of environmental legal regimes at regional level : the case of the Mediterranean Sea / Tullio Scovazzi

Non-lawyers and legal regimes : public participation for ecologically sustainable development / Donna Craig and Michael Jeffery

Human rights and the environment / Gudmundur Alfredsson

Development and the future of climate change law / Michael B. Gerrard and Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou

A new ocean to govern : drawing on lessons from marine management to govern the emerging Arctic Ocean / Timo Koivurova and Sébastien Duyck

Moving beyond the tragedy of the global commons : the Grotian legacy and the future sustainable management of the biodiversity of the high seas / Rosemary Rayfuse

Emerging technologies : nanotechnology / David Leary and Balakrishna Pisupati

Legal frameworks for emerging technologies : bioenergy / Richard L. Ottinger and Victor M. Tafur

Synthetic biology and synthetic genomics / Michelle S. Garfinkel and Robert M. Friedman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789280811926

9280811924

OCLC:

635493759