Routledge Research in International Environmental Law
Sustainable Development Principles in the Decisions of International Courts and Tribunals: 1992-2012
1st Edition
Edited
By Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Judge C.G. c g weea
January 08, 2018
The 2002 New Delhi Declaration of Principles of International Law relating to Sustainable Development set out seven principles on sustainable development, as agreed in treaties and soft-law instruments from before the 1992 Rio ‘Earth Summit’ UNCED, to the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on ...
Climate Change and Human Rights: An International and Comparative Law Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Ottavio Quirico, Mouloud Boumghar
December 21, 2017
Do anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions affect human rights? Should fundamental rights constrain climate policies? Scientific evidence demonstrates that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions contribute to increasing atmospheric temperatures, soon passing the compromising threshold of 2° C. ...
Law and Practice on Public Participation in Environmental Matters: The Nigerian Example in Transnational Comparative Perspective
1st Edition
By Uzuazo Etemire
May 25, 2017
Public participation has become a recurring theme and a topical issue in the field of international environmental law, with many multilateral environmental instruments calling on states to guarantee effectively the concept in their laws and practices. This book focuses on public participation in ...
Research and Development on Genetic Resources: Public Domain Approaches in Implementing the Nagoya Protocol
1st Edition
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By Evanson Chege Kamau, Gerd Winter, Peter-Tobias Stoll
February 07, 2017
National implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) provisions has yielded enough challenges for providers and users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge alike. The Nagoya Protocal brings novel ideas for resolving the challenges plaguing the Access and ...
Climate Change and Forest Governance: Lessons from Indonesia
1st Edition
By Simon Butt, Rosemary Lyster, Tim Stephens
November 07, 2016
Deforestation in tropical rainforest countries is one of the largest contributors to human-induced climate change. Deforestation, especially in the tropics, contributes around 20 per cent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, and, in the case of Indonesia, amounts to 85 per cent of its annual ...
Common Pools of Genetic Resources: Equity and Innovation in International Biodiversity Law
1st Edition
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By Evanson Chege Kamau, Gerd Winter
April 21, 2016
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) strives for the sustainable and equitable utilization of genetic resources, with the ultimate goal of conserving biodiversity. The CBD and the Nagoya Protocol which has since been elaborated suggest a bilateral model for access to genetic resources and ...
International Climate Change Law and Policy: Cultural Legitimacy in Adaptation and Mitigation
1st Edition
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By Thoko Kaime
March 03, 2016
Climate change poses fundamental and varied challenges to all communities across the globe. The adaptation and mitigation strategies proposed by governments and non-governmental organisations are likely to require radical and fundamental shifts in socio-political structures, technological and ...
International Liability Regime for Biodiversity Damage: The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol
1st Edition
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By Akiho Shibata
March 03, 2016
The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, adopted on 15 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan, provides an international liability regime for biodiversity damage caused by living modified organisms (LMOs). Its adoption marks a ...
Whales and Elephants in International Conservation Law and Politics: A Comparative Study
1st Edition
By Ed Couzens
January 07, 2016
Whales and elephants are iconic giants of the marine and terrestrial animal world. Both are conspicuous representatives of wildlife conservation. The issues of whaling and the ivory trade are closely linked, both legally and politically, in many ways; some obvious, and some surprising. ...
The Precautionary Principle in Marine Environmental Law: With Special Reference to High Risk Vessels
1st Edition
By Bénédicte Sage-Fuller
October 12, 2015
The book examines whether the jurisdiction of coastal States under international law can be extended to include powers of intervention towards vessels posing a significant risk to their coastal and marine environment, but which have not yet been involved in any incident or accident. The books sets ...
International Environmental Law and Distributive Justice: The Equitable Distribution of CDM Projects under the Kyoto Protocol
1st Edition
By Tomilola Akanle Eni-Ibukun
July 16, 2015
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is widely regarded as one of the Kyoto Protocol’s best creations and as an essential part of the international climate change regime. The CDM has been constantly evolving to ensure that it fulfils its objectives of mitigating climate change and contributing to ...
Climate Change, Forests and REDD: Lessons for Institutional Design
1st Edition
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By Joyeeta Gupta, Nicolien van der Grijp, Onno Kuik
June 19, 2014
A search for new methods for dealing with climate change led to the identification of forest maintenance as a potential policy option that could cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with the development of measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)...