International Environmental Law and the Global South

Herausgeber: Alam, Shawkat; Gonzalez, Carmen G.; Atapattu, Sumudu

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Produktbeschreibung

Situating the global poverty divide as an outgrowth of European imperialism, this book investigates current global divisions on environmental policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 656
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 935g
• ISBN-13: 9781316621042
• ISBN-10: 1316621049
• Artikelnr.: 45163645

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.