International Environmental Law and the Global South (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Alam, Shawkat

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316349113
• Artikelnr.: 52982283

Inhaltsangabe

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.
Kotzé; 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.