The Law of Energy for Sustainable DevelopmentCambridge University Press, 2005 M01 24 - 618 pages In November 2003, the Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) of IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) launched a new scholarly network of environmental law faculties and professors: the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law. The IUCN Academy, a consortium of specialized research centers in university law faculties worldwide, constitutes a learned society examining how law advances a just society that values and conserves nature. As part of the Academy's mandate, a significant topic of interregional research will be identified each year and the results presented at an annual meeting and published for wide dissemination. The timely and challenging research focus for 2003 was "The Law of Energy for Sustainable Development." This volume comprises the contributions of the 2003 conference. |
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... human populations placed unprecedented demands on Earth's natural resources to meet human needs and wants , humans began to induce an evolution in the planet . Deserts have grown , the Aral Sea has dried up , species have become extinct ...
... human populations placed unprecedented demands on Earth's natural resources to meet human needs and wants , humans began to induce an evolution in the planet . Deserts have grown , the Aral Sea has dried up , species have become extinct ...
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... humans ever since the mastering of fire at an early stage of human evolution , it is also fitting that this inaugural Colloquium focuses on the law of energy for sustainable development . Without law reform to restructure how energy is ...
... humans ever since the mastering of fire at an early stage of human evolution , it is also fitting that this inaugural Colloquium focuses on the law of energy for sustainable development . Without law reform to restructure how energy is ...
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... human society with the capacity to frame and be guided by the rule of law since at least the fifteenth century . In the annals of history , their capacity to endure must be accounted as robust . They address the enduring human thirst to ...
... human society with the capacity to frame and be guided by the rule of law since at least the fifteenth century . In the annals of history , their capacity to endure must be accounted as robust . They address the enduring human thirst to ...
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... human environment , the part of the universe where , according to present knowledge , all life is concentrated . In fact , the biosphere includes a very narrow stratum encircling the globe . It comprises the Earth and several thousand ...
... human environment , the part of the universe where , according to present knowledge , all life is concentrated . In fact , the biosphere includes a very narrow stratum encircling the globe . It comprises the Earth and several thousand ...
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... Human beings also need to survive by having access to the necessities of life and those things required for a decent life . This leads to the guarantee of fundamental economic and social human rights . Such rights , when they are ...
... Human beings also need to survive by having access to the necessities of life and those things required for a decent life . This leads to the guarantee of fundamental economic and social human rights . Such rights , when they are ...
Contents
VII | 37 |
VIII | 46 |
IX | 53 |
X | 56 |
XI | 74 |
XII | 93 |
XIII | 101 |
XV | 103 |
XXIX | 295 |
XXX | 302 |
XXXI | 324 |
XXXII | 370 |
XXXIII | 395 |
XXXIV | 405 |
XXXV | 407 |
XXXVI | 415 |
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Page 27 - In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.
Page 24 - Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
Page 11 - ... under the principles of international law, as well as of the law of the United States, no State has the right to use or permit the use of its territory in such a manner as to cause injury by fumes in or to the territory of another State or the properties or persons therein, when the case is of serious consequence and the injury is established by clear and convincing evidence.
Page 25 - States shall co-operate on a global basis and, as appropriate, on a regional basis, directly or through competent international organizations, in formulating and elaborating international rules, standards and recommended practices and procedures consistent with this Convention, for the protection and preservation of the marine environment, taking into account characteristic regional features.
Page 14 - In order to achieve sustainable development, environmental protection shall constitute an integral part of the development process and cannot be considered in isolation from it.