عنوان

International environmental law and the Global South /

شابک

1107055695

شابک

9781107055698

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

International environmental law and the Global South /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

edited by Shawkat Alam, Sumudu Atapattu, Carmen G. Gonzalez, Jona Razzaque

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xxiv, 631 pages ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

Foreword / Christopher Weeramantry; 1. The North-South divide in international environmental law: framing the issues / Sumudu Atapattu and Carmen G. Gonzalez; Part I. History of the North-South Divide and Global Environmental Governance: 2. History of the North-South divide in international law: colonial discourses, sovereignty and self-determination / M. Rafiqul Islam; 3. Unsustainable development / Ruth Gordon; 4. The significance of international environmental law principles in reinforcing or dismantling the North-South divide / Sumudu Atapattu; 5. The Stockholm Conference and the creation of the South-North divide in international environmental law and policy / Karin Mickelson; 6. Global environmental governance and the South / Ved P. Nanda; 7. Quest for international environmental institutions: transition from CSD to HLPF / Bharat H. Desai and Balraj K. Sidhu; Part II. Selected International Environmental Law Examples: 8. Human rights, the environment and the global South / Louis J. Kotze;; 9. Access and benefit sharing: North-South challenges in implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Nagoya Protocol / Jorge Cabrera Medaglia; 10. Emerging powerful Southern voices: role of BASIC nations in shaping climate change mitigation commitments / Rowena Maguire and Xiaoyi Jiang; 11. Sustainable development in the era of bioenergy and agricultural land grab / Chidi Oguamanam; 12. Trade in hazardous waste / Zada Lipman; 13. The right to water: constitutional perspectives from the global South / Carlos Bernal; Part III. Trade, Investment, and Sustainable Development: 14. Trade and the environment: perspectives from the global South / Shawkat Alam; 15. From a divided heritage to a common future?: international investment law, human rights and sustainable development / Shyami Puvimanasinghe; 16. Project finance and sustainable development in the global South / Shalanda H. Baker; 17. International environmental law and sovereign wealth funds / Benjamin J. Richardson; 18. Transnational corporations and extractive industries / Sara L. Seck; Part IV. Environmental Justice and Vulnerable Groups: 19. Food justice: an environmental justice critique of the global food system / Carmen G. Gonzalez; 20. A justice paradox: climate change, small island developing states, and the absence of international legal remedy / Maxine Burkett; 21. South of South: examining the international climate regime from an indigenous perspective / Elizabeth Ann Kronk Warner; 22. Water wars: anti-privatization struggles in the global South / Jackie Dugard and Elisabeth Koek; 23. Natural disaster and climate change / Paul Govind and Robert R. M. Verchick; 24. International law, cultural diversity, and the environment: the case of the general forestry law in Colombia / Daniel Bonilla Maldonado; 25. The contours of energy justice / Lakshman Guruswamy; Part V. Challenges and Options: 26. South-South cooperation: foundations for sustainable development / Koh Kheng-Lian and Nicholas A. Robinson; 27. Public participation in international negotiation and compliance / Lalanath de Silva; 28. Access to remedies in environmental matters and the North-South divide / Jona Razzaque; 29. Sustainable development versus green economy: the way forward? / Shawkat Alam and Jona Razzaque

بدون عنوان

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متن يادداشت

"The unprecedented degradation of the planet's vital ecosystems is among the most pressing issues confronting the international community. Despite the proliferation of legal instruments to combat environmental problems, conflicts between rich and poor nations (the North-South divide) have compromised international environmental law, leading to deadlocks in environmental treaty negotiations and noncompliance with existing agreements. This volume examines both the historical origins of the North-South divide in European colonialism as well as its contemporary manifestations in a range of issues including food justice, energy justice, indigenous rights, trade, investment, extractive industries, human rights, land grabs, hazardous waste, and climate change. Born out of the recognition that global inequality and profligate consumerism present threats to a sustainable planet, this book makes a unique contribution to international environmental law by emphasizing the priorities and perspectives of the global South"--

موضوع مستند نشده

Environmental law-- Developing countries

موضوع مستند نشده

Environmental law, International

موضوع مستند نشده

Environmental policy-- Developing countries

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Alam, Shawkat

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Atapattu, Sumudu A.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Gonzalez, Carmen G.,1962-

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Razzaque, Jona

تاريخ عمليات

20151202125932.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y