An Ecological Approach to International Law: Responding to the Challenges of Climate ChangeRoutledge, 2008 M01 28 - 464 pages An 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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Page 12
... Humanity's impact on the earth's carbon cycle is not limited to the emission of extra carbon dioxide into the ... Humanity has interfered with natural levels of methane by increasing 12 SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL DIMENSIONS.
... Humanity's impact on the earth's carbon cycle is not limited to the emission of extra carbon dioxide into the ... Humanity has interfered with natural levels of methane by increasing 12 SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL DIMENSIONS.
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... humanity is a member of the community of organisms which inhabit the earth's biosphere. Humanity's existence is not and cannot be separated from this community:141 This we know: the earth does not belong to man: man belongs to the earth ...
... humanity is a member of the community of organisms which inhabit the earth's biosphere. Humanity's existence is not and cannot be separated from this community:141 This we know: the earth does not belong to man: man belongs to the earth ...
Page 28
... humanity and the resultant environmental impacts. For example, as Bosselmann's chart demonstrates, both agricultural and industrial activity contribute to the greenhouse effect. Second, it refers to the global nature of humanity's ...
... humanity and the resultant environmental impacts. For example, as Bosselmann's chart demonstrates, both agricultural and industrial activity contribute to the greenhouse effect. Second, it refers to the global nature of humanity's ...
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... humanity's perception of its relationship with, and the resultant value system which it applies to, nature. In short, it is said that humanity perceives itself as separate from and superior to nature, nature being the dominion of humanity ...
... humanity's perception of its relationship with, and the resultant value system which it applies to, nature. In short, it is said that humanity perceives itself as separate from and superior to nature, nature being the dominion of humanity ...
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... humanity, through scientific discovery of principles of the earth's movement, became the centre of the universe.162 The great scientists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Descartes, Newton and Bacon), perpetuated humanity's ...
... humanity, through scientific discovery of principles of the earth's movement, became the centre of the universe.162 The great scientists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Descartes, Newton and Bacon), perpetuated humanity's ...
Contents
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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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action activities anthropocentric approach areas beyond national Article Barboza’s biosphere Bosselmann Brown Weiss Brownlie carbon dioxide cause chapter Climate Change Convention co-operation common heritage common interest concept concern Conference consequences considered context customary international law damage developing countries discussion documents draft Earth Charter earth’s ecocentric ecological economic ecosystems emissions emphasis added enforcement environmental harm environmental human right environmental protection environmental right example existing future global atmosphere global commons global environment greenhouse effect greenhouse gases humanity’s Ibid impact implementation intergenerational equity international environmental law IPCC IPCC WGI issue Kiss liability limited ment Montreal Protocol national jurisdiction Nuclear Tests obligation to prevent ozone Pardo Parties pollution Principle 21 problems property rights Protocol Quentin-Baxter’s recognise referred regime relevant responsibility Rio Declaration ronmental scientific sea-bed sovereign sovereignty specific state’s Stockholm Declaration suggested territory tion tional topic Trail Smelter transboundary UNCED United Nations Zealand