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

Published:: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Physical Description:: xxiv, 631 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Alam, Shawkat, Atapattu, Sumudu A., Gonzalez, Carmen G., 1962-, and Razzaque, Jona

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. The North-South divide in international environmental law : framing the issues / Sumudu Atapattu and Carmen G. Gonzalez -- History of the North-South divide in international law : colonial discourses, sovereignty and self-determination / M. Rafiqul Islam -- Unsustainable development / Ruth Gordon -- The significance of international environmental law principles in reinforcing or dismantling the North-South divide / Sumudu Atapattu -- The Stockholm Conference and the creation of the South-North divide in international environmental law and policy / Karin Mickelson -- Global environmental governance and the South / Ved P. Nanda -- Quest for international environmental institutions : transition from CSD to HLPF / Bharat H. Desai and Balraj K. Sidhu -- Human rights, the environment and the global South / Louis J. Kotzé -- Access and benefit sharing : North-South challenges in implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Nagoya Protocol / Jorge Cabrera Medaglia -- Emerging powerful Southern voices: role of BASIC nations in shaping climate change mitigation commitments / Rowena Maguire and Xiaoyi Jiang -- Sustainable development in the era of bioenergy and agricultural land grab / Chidi Oguamanam -Trade in hazardous waste / Zada Lipman -- The right to water: constitutional perspectives from the global South / Carlos Bernal -- Trade and the environment: perspectives from the global South / Shawkat Alam-- From a divided heritage to a common future?: international investment law, human rights and sustainable development / Shyami Puvimanasinghe -- Project finance and sustainable development in the global South / Shalanda H. Baker -- International environmental law and sovereign wealth funds / Benjamin J. Richardson -- Transnational corporations and extractive industries / Sara L. Seck -- Food justice: an environmental justice critique of the global food system / Carmen G. Gonzalez -- A justice paradox : climate change, small island developing states, and the absence of international legal remedy / Maxine Burkett -- South of South: examining the international climate regime from an indigenous perspective / Elizabeth Ann Kronk Warner -- Water wars : anti-privatization struggles in the global South / Jackie Dugard and Elisabeth Koek -- Natural disaster and climate change / Paul Govind and Robert R. M. Verchick -- International law, cultural diversity, and the environment : the case of the general forestry law in Colombia / Daniel Bonilla Maldonado -- The contours of energy justice / Lakshman Guruswamy -- South-South cooperation: foundations for sustainable development / Koh Kheng-Lian and Nicholas A. Robinson -- Public participation in international negotiation and compliance / Lalanath de Silva -- Access to remedies in environmental matters and the North-South divide / Jona Razzaque -- Sustainable development versus green economy: the way forward? / Shawkat Alam and Jona Razzaque.

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9781107055698 hardcover
1107055695 hardcover
9781316621042 paperback
1316621049 paperback

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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