An Ecological Approach to International Law: Responding to the Challenges of Climate ChangeAn Ecological Approach to International Law shows that international environmental law is fundamentally flawed and not equipped to meet global challenges. The book examines international legal responses to global climate change by analysing key concepts such as the doctrine of state sovereignty, the law on state responsibility, environmental rights and common heritage of mankind. |
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For example, the principle of shared use of natural resources was not chosen for detailed analysis because it is similar to state responsibility in that it takes an essentially transboundary approach to environmental harm.
For example, the principle of shared use of natural resources was not chosen for detailed analysis because it is similar to state responsibility in that it takes an essentially transboundary approach to environmental harm.
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Adaptation is not a simple option, to give one example, the Netherlands predict that minimum adjustments to their water management systems, for a 1 metre sea-level rise, would cost several billion US dollars.77 In the absence of ...
Adaptation is not a simple option, to give one example, the Netherlands predict that minimum adjustments to their water management systems, for a 1 metre sea-level rise, would cost several billion US dollars.77 In the absence of ...
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what time scale should responses be implemented?109 Third, what strategies should be adopted, for example, adaptive or preventive or, both?110 At what level should strategies be implemented: international, regional or national?
what time scale should responses be implemented?109 Third, what strategies should be adopted, for example, adaptive or preventive or, both?110 At what level should strategies be implemented: international, regional or national?
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It does, for example, indicate the direction of decision-making, but does not indicate the parameters of decision-making. What are these parameters? What are they determined by? How are their consequences to be monitored and measured?
It does, for example, indicate the direction of decision-making, but does not indicate the parameters of decision-making. What are these parameters? What are they determined by? How are their consequences to be monitored and measured?
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To take but one example from this chart; an exploitative value system has led, on the one hand, to unqualified economic growth, large-scale consumption, industrial pollution ...
To take but one example from this chart; an exploitative value system has led, on the one hand, to unqualified economic growth, large-scale consumption, industrial pollution ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 9 | |
3 State responsibility for environmental harm | 61 |
4 International liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law | 144 |
5 Human rights and the environment | 196 |
6 The common heritage of mankind | 258 |
an opportunity lost? | 323 |
8 Conclusion | 349 |
Appendices | 353 |
Bibliography | 407 |
Index | 431 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Ecological Approach to International Law: Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change |
| Author | Prue Taylor |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1134715862, 9781134715862 |
| Length | 464 pages |
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