Confronting ecological and economic collapse : ecological integrity for law, policy and human rights / edited by Laura Westra, Prue Taylor and Agnès Michelot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Westra, Laura, editor.

Taylor, Prue, 1961- editor.

Michelot, Agnès, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law, International.

Ecological integrity.

Climatic changes.

Financial crises.

Economic forecasting.

International economic relations.

Human beings--Effect of climate on.

Human beings.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, U.K. : Earthscan from Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

From the first appearance of the term in law in the Clean Water Act of 1972 (US), ecological integrity has been debated by a wide range of researchers, including biologists, ecologists, philosophers, legal scholars, doctors and epidemiologists, whose joint interest was the study and understanding of ecological/biological integrity from various standpoints and disciplines. This volume discusses the need for ecological integrity as a major guiding principle in a variety of policy areas, to counter the present ecological and economic crises with their multiple effects on human rights. The book celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Global Ecological Integrity Group and reassesses the basic concept of ecological integrity in order to show how a future beyond catastrophe and disaster is in fact possible, but only if civil society and ultimately legal regimes acknowledge the need to consider ecointegrity as a primary factor in decision making. This is key to the support of basic rights to clean air and water, for halting climate change, and also the basic rights of women and indigenous people. As the authors clearly show, all these rights ultimately depend upon accepting policies that acknowledge the pivotal role of ecological integrity. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The role and history of integrity (from grave problems to possible reversals) 7

Introduction / Laura Westra Westra, Laura 7

1 Why the Global Ecological Integrity Group? The rise, decline and rediscovery of a radical concept / Jack Manno Manno, Jack 9

2 Environmental norms in the courtroom: The case of ecological integrity in Canada's national parks / Shaun Fluker Fluker, Shaun 21

3 The future of the common heritage of mankind: Intersections with the public trust doctrine / Prue Taylor Taylor, Prue 32

4 The exploitation of genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction / Tullio Scovazzi Scovazzi, Tullio 47

5 Ecological integrity in European law? / Agnès Michelot Michelot, Agnès 65

Part II Ecological integrity and basic rights: The interface 79

Introduction / Agnès Michelot Michelot, Agnès 79

6 Lessons learned from the climate change disinformation campaign about responsible scientific skepticism / Donald A. Brown Brown, Donald A. 81

7 Granting development consent by specific legislative act: Choice to circumvent public participation and judicial control? The European perspective / Vicky Karageorgou Karageorgou, Vicky 92

8 The principle of "integration" in international law relating to sustainable development: sobering lessons for European Union law / Owen Mcintyre Mcintyre, Owen 104

9 Thinking about the future of global water governance / Joe W. Dellapenna Dellapenna, Joe W. 120

10 How the UN agencies contribute to the needs of the world: Focus on gender / Yuliya Lyamzina Lyamzina, Yuliya 132

Part III From disintegrity to ethical concern: Cases and issues 141

Introduction / Prue Taylor Taylor, Prue 141

11 Key actors of the red sludge disaster in Hungary / János I. Tóth Tóth, János I. 143

12 Dollars and dreams: Legal aspirations and report cards in the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia / Janice Gray Gray, Janice 156

Part IV Integrity and the economy 171

Introduction / Prue Taylor Taylor, Prue 171

13 How regulation of finance got it wrong and how it still does / Giovanni Ferri Ferri, Giovanni 173

14 Enhancing global regulation: Exploring alternative financial machinery / Michelle Gallant Gallant, Michelle 192

15 Moving forward with planetary boundaries and degrowth / Geoff Carver Carver, Geoff 203

16 The virtuous circle of degrowth and ecological debt: A new paradigm for public international law? / Noémie Candiago Candiago, Noémie 215

17 Tobacco wars, analogies and standards of review in international investment arbitration / Valentina Vadi Vadi, Valentina 226

Part V Moving forward: New approaches and concluding thoughts 239

Introduction: Beyond collapse: claiming the holistic integrity of planet Earth / J. Ronald Engel Engel, J. Ronald 239

18 The project of Earth Democracy / Peter D. Burdon Burdon, Peter D. 244

19 Dreaming the universe: Contending stories of our place in the cosmos / Joan Gibb Engel Engel, Joan Gibb 255

20 Occupy Wall Street: The origins and trajectory of a movement to make a new world possible / Sheila D. Collins Collins, Sheila D. 265

21 The legacy of Rio + 20: Saving the commons from the market / Klaus Bosselmann Bosselmann, Klaus 277

22 Confronting collapse: Human cognition and the challenge for economics / William E. Rees Rees, William E. 288.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415825252

0415825253

9780203384022

0203384024

OCLC:

822560193