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International environmental law and the Global South / edited by Shawkat Alam, Sumudu Atapattu, Carmen G. Gonzalez, & Jona Razzaque.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015Description: xxiv, 631 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781316621042 (paperback)
  • 9781107055698 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 344.046 INT 014472
Contents:
1.The North South Divide in International Environmental Law: Framing the Issues /​ Carmen G. Gonzalez pt. 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 /​ Balraj K. Sidhu pt. II SELECTED INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW EXAMPLES 8.Human Rights, the Environment, and the Global South /​ Louis J. Kotze Contents note continued: 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 /​ 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 pt. 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
Summary: Recognizing that the conflicts between rich and poor nations (the North-South divide) have their origin in European colonialism, this book explores issues of food justice, indigenous rights, trade, investment, extractive industries, human rights, and climate change through the framework of environmental justice and sustainable development.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.The North
South Divide in International Environmental Law: Framing the Issues /​ Carmen G. Gonzalez
pt. 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 /​ Balraj K. Sidhu
pt. II SELECTED INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW EXAMPLES
8.Human Rights, the Environment, and the Global South /​ Louis J. Kotze
Contents note continued: 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 /​ 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
pt. 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

Recognizing that the conflicts between rich and poor nations (the North-South divide) have their origin in European colonialism, this book explores issues of food justice, indigenous rights, trade, investment, extractive industries, human rights, and climate change through the framework of environmental justice and sustainable development.

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