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Preliminary Material
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Table of Cases
African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
African Court on Human and People’s Rights
European Committee of Social Rights
European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Justice
European Patent Office
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes
International Court of Justice
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Iran-Us Claims Tribunals
Other Ad-Hoc Arbitration
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Permanent Court of International Justice
Reports of International Arbitral Awards
UN Human Rights Committee
World Trade Organization
Argentina
Australia
Bangladesh
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Cook Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
India
Italy
Kenya
Netherlands
New Zealand
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Republic of South Africa
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States
Table of Legislation
International Instruments
International Documents
CBD Documents
Decisions
ECOSOC Documents
FAO Documents
ICAO Documents
ILA Documents
ILC Documents
IMO Documents
Resolutions
IPCC Documents
OECD Documents
UNHRC and OHCHR Documents
Resolutions
UN Environment Documents
UNESCO Documents
UNFCCC Documents
Decisions
UNGA Documents
Resolutions
UNSC Documents
WTO Documents
Decisions and documents under various Conventions
EU Legislations
Commission
Decisions and Directives
Regulations
Treaties
Other Legislation
Argentina
Australia
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
China
France
India
Kenya
Librea
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Republic of Ecuador
Republic of South Africa
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
Contributors
Main Text
Ch.1 International Environmental Law: Changing Context, Emerging Trends, and Expanding Frontiers
I Introduction
II The Changing Context for International Environmental Law
A Growing Understanding, Tracking, and Documentation of Global Environmental Harm
B Increasing Reporting and Popularization of Global Environmental Harms
C Mainstreaming of Diverse Ethical Values, Approaches, and Perspectives
D Increasing Political Salience and Contestation
III Emerging Trends in International Environmental Law
A Discursive Dominance of the Discourse of Sustainable Development
B Increasing Maturity in the Content of International Environmental Law
1 Developments in customary international law relating to the environment
2 Crystallization of principles of international environmental law
3 Expansion in the legal tool-kit
C Shifting Focus of International Environmental Law
1 Facilitative and catalytic
2 Procedural ‘turn’
3 Greater deference to national sovereignty, circumstances, and capacities
4 Tailored and nuanced differentiation
5 Increased reliance on soft law
6 Treaty-making to treaty interpretation and implementation
D Increasing Resort to International Courts and Tribunals
E Enhanced Decentralization and the Emergence of Polycentric Governance
IV Expanding Frontiers of International Environmental Law
V Conclusion: Is International Environmental Law Fit for Purpose?
Part I Context
Ch.2 Discourses
I Introduction
II Basics
III Mapping Environmental Discourses
IV The Major Environmental Discourses
A Limits, Boundaries, and the Promethean Response
B Problem-Solving Discourses
C Sustainability
D Green Radicalism
V The Relative Importance of Discourses
VI Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.3 Origin and History
I Introduction
II The Traditional Era
A Shared Transboundary Resources
B Resource-Sharing in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
C Intergenerational Resource-Sharing?
III The Modern Era
A The Challenge of Pluralism
B Normative Innovation
C Emergence of an International Environmental Law Discipline
IV The Post-Modern Era
A Coping with the Implementation Gap
B Civil Society Concerns
C The Quest for Synergy
V Conclusion: Beyond the Territorial Imperative
Bibliography
Ch.4 Multilevel and Polycentric Governance
I Introduction
II To Centralize Or Not?
A Presumption Against Centralization
B Arguments that Favour Centralization
1 Externalities
2 Game theoretic approaches
3 Regulatory competition
III Multilevel Governance
IV Fragmentation, Polycentric Governance, and Regime Interactions
V Advancing Understandings of Global Environmental Governance
A Comparative Institutional Analysis
B The Governance Trilemma
C New Technologies, New Governance, New Technologies of Governance
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.5 Fragmentation
I Introduction—International Environmental Law or International Law
II Regimes and Non-Regimes
A Issue-Areas and the Boundaries between Them
B Organizational Mandates and the Boundaries between Them
C Multilateralism, Regionalism, Bilateralism, and Unilateralism
III Fragmentation and Regime Interaction
A Relationships of Conflict or Interpretation
B The Role of International Adjudication
C Constitutionalism and Pluralism
IV Global Pact for the Environment
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.6 Instrument Choice
I Introduction
II Instruments of Environmental Protection: A Typology
A Traditional Standards
B Market-Based Instruments
C Other Instruments
III The Role of Instrumental Agnosticism in International Environmental Law
A International Agreements’ Tendency to Include Goals and Procedures While Leaving Choices about the Role of Market-Based Instruments to Nation-States
B Trade Restrictions and Subsidies in International Law
IV Internationalization of Environmental Benefit Trading
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.7 Scholarship
I Introduction
II What is (International) Environmental Law Scholarship?
A Plethora of Form and Content
B Interest Groups and Legal Societies
C Relationship between Scholarship and Theory
D Relationship between Scholarship and Method
III Challenges in International Environmental Law Scholarship
A Fragmentation
B Reactivity
C Under-represented Voices and Issues
D Connecting Law and Related Disciplines in International Environmental Scholarship
IV Scholarship and Praxis: Litigation, Advocacy, and Consultancy
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.8 Legal Imagination and Teaching
I Introduction
II Three Challenges in Teaching International Environmental Law
III Wishful Thinking
IV Legal Imagination
V Legal and Environmental Realities
VI Conclusion
Bibliography
Part II Analytical Approaches
Ch.9 International Relations Theory
I Introduction
II Power and Hegemony
IR Insight 1: International Environmental Law Reflects Relational Power—Both Material and Discursive
III Norms, Legalization, and Effectiveness
IR Insight 2: IEL Contains a Spectrum of Soft to Hard Norms which Reflect Not Only Material Interests, but Shared Understandings and Discourses with Justice and Ethical Dimensions
IV Governance
IR Insight 3: While States Continue to be Key, There Has Been a Shift Away from State Dominated Institutions to Sub-State and Non-State Actors, Constituting Both a Strength and Weakness
V Legitimacy and Democratization
IR Insight 4: Legitimacy of Law-Making Institutions and Norms Depends on Both Their Inclusiveness in Terms of Affected Interests and Their Effectiveness
VI Knowledge
IR Insight 5: To Be Effective, Environment Agreements Need To Be Linked To Institutions which Ensure Scientific Knowledge Is Fed into Decision-Making Processes in a Manner which Ensures Credibility, Legitimacy and Saliency
VII Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.10 Economics
I Introduction
II Internalizing Externalities and Providing Public Goods
III Prisoner’s Dilemma and Bargaining
A Game Theory
B The Coase Theorem
C Limits to Efficient Bargaining
IV Why Do States Conclude Treaties?
V Treaty Participation and Design
A State Characteristics
B Primary Rule System
C Instruments
1 Liability rules
2 Command and control
3 Market-based instruments
4 Searching for smart instrument mixes
VI Effectiveness and Compliance
A Effectiveness
B Compliance
C Why and When Do States Violate?
D Promoting Compliance
Bibliography
Ch.11 Global South Approaches
I Introduction
II The Colonial Origins of International Law
III Evolution of International Environmental Law and the North-South Divide
IV An Alternative Approach to International Legal Scholarship—Third World Approaches to International Law (Twail)
V Global South Perspectives on Environmental Law
A Differential Treatment, and the Common But Differentiated Responsibility Principle
B Intergenerational Equity
C Environmental Justice
1 Distributive justice
2 Procedural justice
3 Corrective justice
4 Social justice
VI Conclusion: Potential and Limits of Global South Perspectives
Bibliography
Ch.12 Feminist Approaches
I Introduction
II Rise, Retreat, and Reframing of Ecofeminism
A Defining Ecofeminism
B Rise and Retreat of Ecofeminism
C Reframing Ecofeminism
III Gender and Public International Law
IV Gender and IEL: Developments Prior to UNCED
V Gender and IEL: Developments from UNCED
A Feminist Critiques of Sustainable Development and the Green Economy
B The Vision of Agenda 21: Chapter 24—Enhancing Women’s Participation in IEL
C Incorporation of Gender Within the UNCCD
D Essentializing Women in the UNCBD
E Journey of Gender in the UNFCCC: Silence on the Gender Action Plan
1 Women’s participation in the UNFCCC
2 Gender within UNFCCC Instruments
VI Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.13 Ethical Considerations
I Introduction
II Anthropocentric Values
A Self-interest
B Culture
C Economic Values
D Aesthetics
E Future Generations
III Non-Anthropocentric Values
A Sentience and Humane Considerations
B Existence Values
C Ecosystem Values
IV Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.14 Earth Jurisprudence
I Introduction
II Conceptual Framework
A Great Jurisprudence
B Earth Jurisprudences
1 Principles of Earth jurisprudence
2 Applying Earth jurisprudences
3 Rights of Nature
4 Legal personality
5 Legal rights and duties
III Emergence of Earth Jurisprudence in International Law
A Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth
1 Rights recognized in UDRME
2 Implications for human rights
3 Influence of UDRME
B Application to Climate Change
C United Nations Harmony with Nature Programme
IV Implementation and Future Development
A Implementation
B Transformative and Disruptive Potential
C Sources of Law
D Permanent State Sovereignty Over Natural Resources
E Institutions
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.15 The Role of Science
I Introduction
II The History of Science in International Environmental Law
III International Environmental Law and Science
A The Role that Science Plays in the Development and Implementation of International Environmental Law
1 Ozone regime
2 UNFCCC
3 The influence of science on international environmental law
B The Role of International Environmental Law in Promoting Science
C The Role of International Environmental Law in Managing Threats Posed by Science
IV Conclusion
Bibliography
Part III Conceptual Pillars
Ch.16 Harm Prevention
I Introduction
II Conceptual Questions
A Status as General International Law
B The Role of Due Diligence
1 Harm prevention and the due diligence standard
2 Procedure and substance
3 Prevention and precaution
III The Harm Prevention Rule as a Reference Point for International Environmental Law
A The Law of State Responsibility
B Judicial Processes
C Treaty-Based Approaches
IV Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.17 Sustainable Development
I Introduction
II The Concept of Sustainable Development in Historical Perspective
III ‘Sustainable’ Development From a Legal Standpoint
IV The Operation of Sustainable Development in Legal Practice
A The Nature of Sustainable Development as a Norm
B Functions of Sustainable Development as a Norm
1 Analytical distinctions
2 Normative impact
3 Jurisprudential relevance
V ‘Sustainable’ vs ‘Development’
Bibliography
Ch.18 Precaution
I Introduction
II Precaution as a Conceptual Pillar
A Scientific Uncertainty Over Threats of Harm
B Precaution vs Prevention
III Precaution as a Principle of International Environmental Law
A Incorporation of Precaution in International Environmental Law Instruments
B Approach vs Principle
IV Precaution in the International Jurisprudence
V Implementing Precaution
VI Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.19 Differentiation
I Introduction
II Conceptual Bases and Development of Differentiation
A Conceptual Bases
B Development
III Manifestations of Differentiation in International Environmental Law
A Differentiation and the Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR)
B Differential Norms
C Differentiation at the Implementation Level
IV Criticisms of Differentiation and Progressive Evolution
A Critiques
B Evolving Differential Techniques
V Ongoing Need for Differentiation
A Need to Maintain Some Form of Differentiation
B Broadening the Bases for and Forms of Differentiation
VI Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.20 Equity
I Introduction
II Equity in International Law
A Meaning of Equity
III Intergenerational and Intra-Generational Equity in International Environmental Law
A Intergenerational Equity
B Intra-generational Equity
IV Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Ch.21 Public Participation
I Introduction
II Concepts, Contexts, and Scales
A Concepts: Scope and Rationale of Public Participation
B Contexts: Legal Foundations and Development
C Scales: Participatory Rights and Social-Ecological Settings
III Decision-Making in National Contexts
A Basis for Public Participation in Environmental Treaties
B Basis for Public Participation in Human Rights Regimes
IV Decision-Making in International Contexts
A Public Participation
B Access to Justice
V Conclusions
Bibliography
Ch.22 Good Faith
I Introduction
II Good Faith in International Environmental Law
A International Environmental Law as International Law of Cooperation
B Good Faith Performance of Environmental Treaties
C Environmental Cooperation in Good Faith
D Due Diligence and Good Faith
E Good Faith in Action: Chagos Marine Protected Area Arbitration (2015)
III Concrete Role of Good Faith in Environmental Regimes
A The Implication of the Whaling Judgement
B Good Faith in Implementation of, and Compliance with, Environmental Regimes
C Good Faith in ‘Pledge and Review’ Environmental Regimes
IV Conclusion
Bibliography
Part IV Normative Development
Ch.23 Customary International Law and the Environment
I Introduction
II Formation of Customary International Environmental Law
A The ‘Banality’ of Custom in International Environmental Law
B Peculiarities of Customary International Environmental Law
1 Relationship between treaties and custom
2 Relationship between ‘soft law’ and custom
3 Relationship between general principles, normative concepts, and custom
III Environmental protection in general international law
A Out of the Fog
B The Prevention Principle and the Duty of Due Diligence
C The Duty to Conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
D The Duty to Cooperate
IV Concluding Observations
Bibliography
Ch.24 Multilateral Environmental Treaty Making
I Introduction
II Categorizing International Instruments: Some Initial Distinctions
A Legal Form
B Parties: State and Non-State Actors
C Contractual vs Legislative
D Constitutive vs Regulatory Instruments
III Why do States Negotiate and Accept International Agreements?
A Instrumental Factors
B Non-Instrumental Factors
IV Steps in the Treaty-Making Process
A Initiation of Negotiations
B Negotiations
C Adoption, Signature, Ratification, and Entry into Force
V Design Issues
A Breadth
1 Who may participate in a treaty regime?
2 What are the minimum participation requirements?
3 Substantive scope
B Depth
C Promoting Participation
D Building a Treaty Regime Over Time
E Ensuring Agreements Stay Up to Date
VI Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.25 Soft Law
I Why Soft Law?
II Soft Law as Part of the Multilateral Treaty-Making Process
III Soft Law and Customary Law
IV Treaties as Soft Law
V Soft Law General Principles
VI Conclusions
Bibliography
Ch.26 Private and Quasi-Private Standards
I Introduction
II The Concept of Private and Quasi-Private Standards
III The Proliferation of Private Standards
IV Explaining the Emergence of Private Standards
V The Role of International Organizations and International Law in Relation to Private Standards
A International Organizations Delegate Authority to Adopt Quasi-Private Standards to Private Actors
B International Law Enhances the Authority of Private or Quasi-Private Standards
C International Organizations Serve as a Meta-Regulator Vis-À-Vis Private or Quasi-Private Standards
D There is Substantive Borrowing between Private Standards and International Law and Vice Versa
VI Appraising the Effectiveness of Private Standards in the Environmental Domain?
VII The Legitimacy of Private Standards
VIII Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.27 Judicial Development
I Introduction
II The Modern Judicial Order and Environmental Law
A Nature and Scope of Environmental Cases
B Effectiveness of ICTs
C Remedies Available
D Science Before International Courts and Tribunals
III Jurisprudence
A Environmental Obligations
1 No harm—prevention—due diligence
2 Environmental impact assessment
3 Polluter pays
4 Conservation and environmental protection
5 Cooperation
B Environmental Rights
1 Human right to a healthy environment
2 Procedural rights
3 Common concern—common interest—common heritage of humankind
4 Rights holders
5 Extraterritorial enforcement
C Interpretive Principles: Precautionary Principle and Sustainable Development
D Law of War, Pillage
IV Limits of Judicial Mechanisms
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Part V Subject Matter
Ch.28 Transboundary Air Pollution
I Introduction
II Causes of Transboundary Air Pollution
III Content of Customary Law
IV Treaty Regimes Regulating Transboundary Air Pollution
A LRTAP and its Protocols
1 The LRTAP
2 The 1985 and 1994 Sulphur Protocols
3 The 1988 NOX Protocol
4 The 1991 Protocol on Volatile Organic Compounds
5 The 1998 Heavy Metals and POPs Protocols
6 The 1999 Gothenburg Protocol on Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground–Level Ozone
B The 1991 US-Canada Air Quality Agreement
C 2002 ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution
D Global Initiatives—UN Environment
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.29 Climate Change
I Introduction
II Context: Science, Politics, Drivers, and Milestones
A Science and politics
B Drivers and Milestones
C A ‘Nested’ Regime
III 1992 UNFCCC
A Objective
B Principles
C Commitments
IV The 1997 Kyoto Protocol
A Principles
B Commitments
C Market Mechanisms
V 2015 Paris Agreement and 2018 Rulebook
A Purpose
B Principles
C Commitments
D Market Mechanisms
VI Increasing Reach and Influence of the UN Climate Change Regime
VII Conclusion: The Effectiveness and Future of the UN Climate Regime
Bibliography
Ch.30 Freshwater Resources
I Introduction
II Evolution of Customary International Water Law
A Contribution of Non-Governmental International Organizations
B Contribution of Bilateral and Regional Treaties and Soft Law Instruments
C Contribution of Judicial and Arbitral Decisions
III Environmental Provisions of the Watercourses Convention
A The Principle of Equitable Utilization and the No Harm Rule
B Protection, Preservation, and Management of Watercourses Ecosystems
IV Environmental Provisions of the Water Convention
V Comparison of the Environmental Provisions of the Two Conventions
VI Influence on Subsequent Bilateral and Multilateral Treaties
VII Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.31 The Protection of the Marine Environment Pollution and Fisheries
I Introduction
II Law of the Sea Convention and Ocean Governance
III Prevention of Marine Pollution
A UNCLOS Provisions on Marine Pollution
B Regional Arrangements
C Global Rules to Combat Marine Pollution
1 Pollution by dumping
2 Pollution from vessels
3 Pollution from seabed activities
IV Conservation of Marine Living Resources
A UNCLOS Provisions on Fisheries Management
B The 1995 Fish Stocks Agreement
C The FAO and International Law on Fisheries
1 Flag state obligations and the Compliance Agreement
2 IUU fishing and the 2009 Agreement on Port State Measures
D The UNGA and Destructive Fishing Practices
V Conservation of Marine Biodiversity
A International Law and the Protection of Marine Biodiversity
1 UNCLOS
2 Convention on Biological Diversity
B Marine Protected Areas
1 Marine protected areas under national jurisdiction
2 MPAs in areas beyond national jurisdiction
C Protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: The Deep-Sea
D Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ)
VI Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.32 Wildlife
I Introduction
II Themes and Principles
A Justifications for Wildlife Conservation
B Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources
C Species and Ecosystem Perspectives
D Uncertainty, Precaution, and Adaptive Management
E Institutional Arrangements and Participants
III Species-Centred Approaches
A Trade in Endangered Species
B Migratory Species
C Whales
IV Ecosystem and Habitat-Based Approaches
A Biodiversity
B Wetlands
C Protected Areas
D Forests
V Regional Agreements
VI Conclusion and Next Steps
Bibliography
Ch.33 Hazardous Substances and Activities
I Introduction
II Hazard Identification and Testing
A OECD Harmonization Initiatives
B Initiatives in the United Nations System
III Conditions of Production and Use
A Stockholm POPs Convention
B Multilaterally-Agreed Standards for Pesticides and Other Toxics
IV Regulation of Pollutant Releases
A Examples from Domestic and Supranational Law
B ECE Protocols on Toxic Air Pollution
V Hazardous Processes and Industrial Accidents
A ECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
B Multilaterally-Agreed Good Practice Standards for Industrial Accidents
VI International Trade in Hazardous Substances, Products, and Waste
A Basel and Bamako Conventions
B Rotterdam Convention
VII Disposal of Toxic Waste
A Basel Convention Disposal Requirements
B IAEA Agreements and Standards
VIII Integrated Approaches to Pollution Prevention
A Minamata Convention
B OECD Recommendation on Pollution Prevention
IX Other Related Policies
A Right to Know
B Environmental Impact Assessment
X Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.34 Aviation and Maritime Transport
I Introduction
II Aviation and Maritime Transport Environmental Governance
III International Environmental Law and Aviation
A Aviation and the Environment: Noise and Air Quality
B Aviation and Climate Change
IV International Environmental Law and Maritime Transport
A Maritime Transport and the Environment
B Maritime Transport and Climate Change
V Conclusions: Towards Sustainable Aviation and Maritime Transport
Bibliography
Part VI Actors
Ch.35 The State
I Introduction
II Westphalian Myth of Unimpaired Freedom of Action
III Contemporary Statehood
A States as Authors of International Environmental Law
B States as Addressees of International Environmental Law
C States as Guardians of International Environmental Law
IV Ongoing Transformation of the International Legal System
A Growing Plurality of Actors
B Growing Plurality of Regimes
C From State-to-State Networks Towards Inter-Linked Networks
1 Linking with non-state actors
2 Cross-cutting relationships and ‘new’ networks
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.36 International Institutions
I Introduction
II Roles: No Centralized Coordination But a Pattern
A Initiating Roles
B The Institutional Structure of MEAs
C Science-Oriented Institutions
D The GEF, Funds, and Multilateral Investment Banks
E The Pattern and Coherence
III Substantive Links Between Meas
A Links between Global and Regional MEAs
B Links between Global MEAs
1 Synergies
2 Contestation
a) Ship dismantling and ship-generated wastes: IMO and Basel Convention
b) Accessing marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
IV Conclusion: Multifaceted Governance
Bibliography
Ch.37 Regional Organizations the European Union
I Introduction
II Progressive Affirmation of EU Competence in the Environmental Field
A The Consecration of EU Competence
B A Shared Competence between the Union and Its Member States
C EU Environmental Policy
D Recent Developments and Prospects
III External Dimension of Environmental Competence—the EU as a Global Actor?
A Participation in Environmental International Agreements: A Shared Competence
B Enforcement of International Environmental Law in the EU Legal Order
C Is There an EU External Environmental Policy?
IV Other Regional Organizations
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.38 Non-State Actors
I Introduction
II NGO Attributes
III NGOs As Activists
A Direct Action Advocacy
B NGO Lobbying and Engagement Efforts
C NGO Conferences and Dialogue
IV NGOs as Diplomats
V NGOs as Global Governors
A Rule-Making
B Implementation
C Enforcement
1 Leveraging strong governmental frameworks
2 Supplementing weak or insufficient state resources
3 Exercising enforcement capacity beyond state-treaty architecture
VI Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.39 Sub-National Actors
I Introduction
II The Importance of Sub-National Actors to Solving International Environmental Problems
III The Emergence of Multilevel Networks of Sub-National Governments
A International-Level Climate Change Networks
B National-level and Sub-National Climate Change Networks
IV The Role of Sub-National Networks in International Environmental Lawmaking
V Conclusion: The Evolving Role of Sub-National Actors in International Environmental Law
Bibliography
Ch.40 Epistemic Communities
I Introduction
II Epistemic Communities
A The Concept of Epistemic Communities
B Intellectual History of Scholarship About Epistemic Communities
C The Ecological Epistemic Community and Multilateral Environmental Governance
1 Social learning
2 Institutional bargaining
3 Least common denominator
4 Parallel play
5 Epistemic communities and multilateral environmental agreements
III Epistemic Communities and International Environmental Lawyers
A International Environmental Lawyers Are Not an Epistemic Community
B International Environmental Lawyers and the Translation of Epistemic Communities’ Ideas into International Environmental Law
IV Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.41 Business and Industry
I Orientation
II Business and the Environment: Mapping the Territory
A Corporate Environmental Performance and Its Governance
B Mapping the Evolution of Corporate Environmental Standards in Their Global Context
C Governance Integrity in Corporate Environmental Standards
III Business and International Environmental Law
A Regulating Business Actors
B Corporate Liability
IV New Directions: Civil Society–Business Collaborations
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.42 Indigenous Peoples
I Introduction
II Indigenous Peoples’ Law
III Development of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights at International Law
A The Evolving Context for International Law Recognition
B ILO’s 1989 Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (ILO 169)
C 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
D Other Relevant Environmental International Law Instruments
IV Significance of International Environmental Law for Indigneous Peoples
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Part VII Inter-linkages with Other Regimes
Ch.43 Trade
I Introduction
II Environmental Impacts of Trade
III A Short History of the Trade and Environment Debate
A The Early Days
B Signs of Conflict
C The World Trade Organization
IV Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Trade
V Environmental Measures Under Trade Law
A Unilateral Trade Measures and Extraterritoriality
B Processes and Production Methods
C Environmental Exceptions
VI Emerging Issues in the Trade and Environment Debate
A The Rise of Regionalism
B Climate Change and Trade
VII Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.44 Investment
I Introduction
II International Investment Agreements
A Expropriation
B National Treatment
C Fair and Equitable Treatment
D Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment
E Investor-State Dispute Settlement
III Environmental Regulation and Decision-Making as a Treaty Violation
A Early Cases: Investment and Environmental Protection as Competing Norms
B Recent Cases: More Balanced Approaches to Environmental Considerations
IV New Trends in Treaty-Drafting
A Model BITs
B Environmentally Significant Investment Agreements
V Synergies Between Foreign Investment and Environmental Protection
VI Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.45 Human Rights
I Introduction
II Recognition of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment
III Incorporation of Human Rights Norms in Multilateral Environmental Agreements
IV Application of Human Rights Law to Environmental Issues
A Indigenous and Tribal Rights Relating To the Environment
B ‘Greening’ Human Rights
1 Regional human rights tribunals
a) African Commission and African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
b) European Court of Human Rights
c) European Committee for Social Rights
d) Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights
2 UN human rights bodies
C The Framework Principles on Human Rights and the Environment
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.46 Migration
I Introduction
II Addressing Environmental Factors as Drivers of Displacement and Migration
A Scenarios
B Conceptualizing Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and Adverse Effects of Climate Change
C The Role of Environmental Law to Reduce Displacement Risk
1 Reducing hazards
2 Reducing vulnerability and increasing resilience
3 Reducing exposure by helping people to move out of harm’s way
D Protecting Displaced Persons
III Mitigating Conservation-Induced Relocation and Displacement
A A Dilemma
B Emerging Standards
IV Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.47 Disaster
I Introduction
II The World is a Dangerous Place
III The United Nations and Disaster Risk Reduction
A The Hyogo and Sendai Frameworks
B Operationalizing Disaster Risk Reduction
IV Disaster and Ecosystem Management
V Disaster and Obligations to Other States
A The Disaster Prevention Duty
B The Damage Compensation Duty
C The Damage Minimization Duty
VI Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.48 Intellectual Property
I Introduction
II Sustainable Development, IPRs, and the Trips Agreement
A Sustainable Development and IPRs
B The TRIPs Agreement and Patent Protection
C TRIPs and Developing Countries
III Patents, Sustainable Development, and Food Security
A Patents and Biotechnology
B The 2001 ITPGRA
IV The 1992 CBD and the 2010 Nagoya Protocol
A IPRs under the CBD
B IPRs under the Nagoya Protocol and Traditional Knowledge
C The Nagoya Protocol and the TRIPs Agreement
V IPRS, Technology Transfer, and Climate Change
A IPRs under the UNFCCC
B Other Intellectual Property Arrangements
VI Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.49 Energy
I Introduction
II Key Principles
III Procedural Norms
A Cooperative Duties
B Duty to Assess Environmental Impacts
C Public Participation
IV Substantive Norms
A Addressing the Environmental Impacts of Energy Activities
1 Vessel source pollution
2 Offshore energy exploration and exploitation activities
3 Transboundary air pollution
4 Climate change
B Direct Regulation of Energy Production and Consumption
1 Nuclear
2 Energy efficiency and renewables
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.50 Armed Conflict and the Environment
I Introduction
II Law Applicable Across the Conflict Lifecycle
III International Law Protecting the Environment Before Armed Conflict
A Environment as a Cause of Armed Conflict
B Preparation: Military Manuals and Training
C Good Environmental Governance as Conflict Prevention Within States
IV International Law Protecting the Environment During Armed Conflict
A Direct Environmental Protection Under International Humanitarian Law
B Indirect Environmental Protection Under International Humanitarian Law
C Preventing and Minimizing Environmental Damage
D Choice of Means and Methods of Warfare
E Management of Waste and Other Toxic Substances
F Addressing Conflict Resources
V International Law Protecting the Environment After Armed Conflict
A International Environmental Law as a Means to Assist Recovery
B Transitional Justice and Accountability
C Use of Natural Resources and Their Revenues for Rebuilding
VI Conclusions
Bibliography
Part VIII Compliance, Implementation, and Effectiveness
Ch.51 Compliance Theory
I Introduction
A Identifying a ‘Performance Indicator’ of Compliance as IEA Influence
B Selecting a Comparator of IEA Influence
1 Legal requirements as comparators
2 Goals as comparators
3 Counterfactuals as comparators
C Evaluating IEAs, IEA Provisions, or IEA Parties
II Understanding How and Why Ieas Make a Difference When they Do
A Two Models of Actor Behaviour
B Distinguishing State Compliance from IEA Influence
C Explaining Why States Fail to Comply and Why IEAs May Not Have Influence
III Systems and Strategies for Inducing Behavioural Change
A Types of IEAs
B Systems of Regulation
C Approaches to Regulation
IV Other Considerations
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.52 Transparency Procedures
I Introduction
II Turn to Transparency in International (Environmental) Law
III Techniques and Functions of Transparency
A Reporting and Verification
1 Reporting: compliance-centred transparency
2 Verification: state- and public-facing transparency for compliance
B Monitoring
1 Monitoring serving emancipatory transparency
2 Monitoring serving advocative transparency
C Information Exchange
1 General information exchange
2 Situation-specific information exchange
D Right to Information?
1 Aarhus Convention
2 Human rights law
IV Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.53 Market Mechanisms
I Introduction
II Conceptual Foundations
III Lawyers and the Ascendance of Markets
IV Markets and the Challenges of Implementation
V International Experiences With Market Mechanisms
VI Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.54 Financial Assistance
I Introduction
II The Different Types and Sources of Financial Assistance
A The SDGs and Official Development Assistance
B The Greening of Development Aid Within International Institutions
C The Involvement of the Private and Non-Governmental Sectors
III Nature and Aim of Financial Assistance
A Traditional Nature and Aims
B Changing Nature and Aims—Focus on Global Public Goods
IV Financial Mechanisms
A First-Generation Mechanisms
B Second-Generation Mechanisms
C Green Climate Fund
D Sui Generis Financial Mechanisms
E Financial Mechanisms in the Legal Structure of Financial and Technical Assistance
V Multiplication of Climate-Related Financial Mechanisms and the Risk of Fragmentation
VI Conclusions
Bibliography
Ch.55 Technology Assistance and Transfers
I Introduction: Technology Transfers—Principles and Contents
II The Evolution of Technology Transfers: From Dependency and Differential Treatment to North-South Collaboration
A Code of Conduct for Technology Transfers
B Technology Transfers Under International Environmental Law Instruments
1 Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution
2 Cartagena Convention and Noumea Convention
3 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
4 Convention on Biological Diversity
5 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
6 Technology transfers and sustainable development law
C Synthesis: Technology Transfers in International Environmental Law
III Technology Transfers and Intellectual Property: Challenges and Synergies
IV Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.56 Non-Compliance Procedures
I Introduction
II The Role of Non-Compliance Procedures in MEAs
A Facilitative Versus Enforcement Approaches
B Primary Rules, Compliance Information, and Non-Compliance Response
III Approaches to Design and Implementation
A Initiation of Non-Compliance Procedures
B Scope and Mandate
C Institutional Design and Process
D Measures and Outcomes
IV Overview of MEA Compliance Systems
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.57 Effectiveness
I Introduction
II Key Concepts and Methodological Challenges
A International Regimes
B Concept of Effectiveness
C Methodological Challenges
D Explaining Effectiveness
III General Findings and Empirical Examples
A The Climate-Change Regime—A Low-Effectiveness Regime
B The Ozone Regime: A Rare Success Story
C The Whaling Regime: Different Values Make Effectiveness Studies Difficult
IV Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Ch.58 International Environmental Responsibility and Liability
I An Introduction to ‘Environmental Accountability’
II ‘Environmental Accountability’: Some Challenges
III Initiatives by the International Law Commission
IV International Environmental Law and State Responsibility
A Breach of an International Obligation
1 Treaties
2 Customary prohibition of transboundary harm
a) Environmental harm
b) Compensation for environmental harm
c) Threshold
B Relevant State Behaviour and Attributability
1 General
2 Standard of conduct: acting with due diligence
3 Circumstances precluding wrongfulness
4 Consequences
V Final Remarks
Bibliography
Ch.59 National Implementation
I Introduction
II Contexts for Implementation
A Sources and Forms of International Environmental Law
B Domestic Structures for Making and Giving Effect to International Law
C Political, Economic, and Ecological Landscapes
III Means of Implementation
A Adhering to International Treaties
B Recognizing International Law
C Interpreting International Law
IV Principles Supporting Implementation
A Cooperation
B Common But Differentiated Responsibilities
C Public Participation
V Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.60 International Environmental Law Disputes Before International Courts and Tribunals
I Introduction
II When to Litigate
III Jurisdiction Over IEL Disputes
IV Preliminary Matters
A Standing Before International Courts or Tribunals for IEL Disputes
B Provisional Measures
V Substantive Determination
A Standard of Proof and Causation
B Use of Experts and Witnesses
VI Reparations
VII Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Part IX International Environmental Law in National/Regional Courts
Ch.61 Africa
I Introduction
II Direct Application of IEL
III Indirect Application of IEL
IV Conclusion: Challenges, Barriers, and Opportunities
Bibliography
Ch.62 China
I Introduction
A Overview of the Chinese Legal System
II Cases Directly Applying International Environmental Law
A The Wild Cymbidium Orchids Case
B The Shenzhen Parrots Case
III Cases Indirectly Applying International Environmental Law
IV Challenges for the Greater Application of International Environmental Law in National Courts
V Assessment
Bibliography
Ch.63 European Union/United Kingdom
I Introduction
II Cases Directly Applying IEL
III Cases Indirectly Applying IEL
IV Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.64 India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan
I Introduction
II Direct Application of International Environmental Law
III Indirect Application of International Environmental Law
IV Assessment and Conclusion
Bibliography
Ch.65 North America
I Introduction
II Applying International Environmental Law
III Engaging With International Environmental Law
IV Challenges and Opportunities
A Indigenous Law
B Human Rights Law
C Private International Law
V Assessment
Bibliography
Ch.66 Oceania
I Introduction
II The Role of International Law in Oceania
III Structure and Function of Court Systems in Oceania
IV Cases Directly Applying International Environmental Law in Oceania
V Cases Indirectly Applying International Environmental Law in Oceania
VI Barriers to Greater Application of International Environmental Law in Oceania Courts
Bibliography
Ch.67 South America
I Introduction
II Cases Directly Applying International Environmental Law
III Cases Indirectly Applying International Environmental Law
IV Challenges/Barriers for the Greater Application of International Environmental Law in National Courts
V Assessment
Bibliography
Further Material
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Lavanya Rajamani
From:
The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law (2nd Edition)
Edited By: Lavanya Rajamani, Jacqueline Peel
Previous Edition (1 ed.)
Content type:
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Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Series:
Oxford Handbooks
Published in print:
12 August 2021
ISBN:
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