Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to international environmental law / Karen N. Scott, Jade Lindley, Erika Techera and Anastasia Telesetsky -- Principles, standards and voluntary commitments in IEL / Emanuela Orlando -- Sustainable development law / Klaus Bosselmann -- Compliance, state responsibility and liability / Robert Percival -- Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters / Jona Razzaque -- Constitutional environmental rights, and rights for the environment / James R May -- International environmental law dispute settlement / Tim Stephens -- Biodiversity, bio-security and bio-prospecting / Chidi Ogunamanam -- International wildlife law / Erika Techera -- International freshwater law / Alistair Rieu-Clarke -- Soils, forestry and deforestation in international environmental law / Rowena Maguire, Hope Johnson and Zoe Nay -- Fisheries law / Anastasia Telesetsky and Rebecca Bratspies -- Marine environmental protection law / Damien Cremean, Erika Techera and Natalie Ozer -- The regulation of chemicals and hazardous waste / Tony George Puthucherril -- Atmospheric and air pollution / Paolo Galizzi and Kerry Gillich -- International environmental law and climate change / Justice Nyema Nwabueze and Erika Techera -- European environmental law / Elisa Morgera, Maria Ntona and Miranda Geelhoed -- Canada, the US and international environmental law / Sharon Mascher -- International environmental law in Latin America / Natalia Rodríguez-Uribe and Juan Sebastián Urdinola -- Africa and international environmental law / Dominic Dagbanja -- South-East Asian regional environmental legal governance and Asean / Koh Kheng Lian and Md Saiful Karim -- International environmental law and small island states / Erika Techera, Renée Gift and Krishnee Appadoo -- Polar law and good governance / Elizabeth Burleson and Karen N. Scott -- Human rights and international environmental law / Marcos Orellana -- The collective rights of indigenous peoples and environmental destruction / Shawkat Alam -- Trade and environment / Indira Carr -- International environmental law, financing and investment / Markus Gehring and Avidan Kent -- Crime and environment / Jade Lindley -- Technology as a tool for implementation, compliance and enforcement / LeRoy C. Paddock and Mary Crowell -- Nuclear energy and international environmental law : points of intersection and integration / Abdullah Al Faruque -- Protection of the environment during armed conflict and post-conflict / Susan Breau -- Global plastic pollution : curbing single use plastic production / Anastasia Telesetsky and Rebecca Bratspies -- Climate migration / Maxine Burkett and Lauren Sancken -- Climate law, environmental law, and the schism ahead / Alexander Zahar -- Future directions for international environmental law / Anastasia Telesetsky, Jade Lindley and Erika Techera.

"This book critically explores the legal tools, concepts, principles and instruments, as well as cross-cutting issues, that comprise the field of international environmental law. Commencing with foundational elements, progressing on to discreet sub-fields, then exploring regional cooperative approaches, cross-cutting issues and finally emerging challenges for international environmental law, it features chapters by leading experts in the field of international environmental law, drawn from a range countries in order to put forward a truly global approach to the subject. The book is split into six parts: The foundations of international environmental law covering the principles of international environmental law, standards and voluntary commitments, sustainable development, issues of public participation and environmental rights and compliance, state responsibility, liability and dispute settlement. The key instruments and governance arrangements across the most critical areas of international environmental law: biodiversity, wildlife, freshwater, forestry and soils, fisheries, marine pollution, chemicals and waste, air and atmospheric pollution and climate change. Crucial developments in seven distinct regions of the world: Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, South East Asia, the Polar regions and small island states. Cross-cutting issues and multi-disciplinary developments, drawing from multiple other fields of law and beyond to address human rights and Indigenous rights, war and armed conflict, trade, financing, investment, criminology, technology and energy. Contemporary challenges and the emerging international environmental law regimes which address these: the changing climate, forced migration, marine plastic debris and future directions in international environmental law. Containing chapters on the most critical developments in environmental law in recent years, this comprehensive and authoritative book makes for an essential reference work for students, scholars and practitioners working in the field"--

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