"As frustration mounts in some quarters at the perceived inadequacy or speed of international action on climate change, and as the likelihood of significant impacts grows, the focus is increasingly turning to liability for climate change damage. Actual or potential climate chang…
by ProQuest (Firme), Fineman, Stephen
fromGlobal environmental change series
"The Business of Greening debates the relationship between business and greening, and where this relationship is heading. The book gives voice to industrial actors in context - employees, employers, managers, technical specialists, regulators - in their organisations, within ind…
"The Business of Greening debates the relationship between business and greening, and where this relationship is heading. The book gives voice to industrial actors in context - employees, employers, managers, technical specialists, regulators - in their organisations, within ind…
A unique and pertinent study of a very relevant topic, this volume debates the relationship between business and the environment and the future forms that this relationship can take.
La 4ème de couverture indique : "Human laws must be reformulated to keep human activities in harmony with the unchanging and universal laws of nature.' This 1987 statement by the World Commission on Environment and Development has never been more relevant and urgent than it is t…
A comprehensive legal analysis of how governance of human activities in developed states should be restructured to improve ecological protection.
"Ecological degradation has been an object of concern for the international community since the early 1970s, but legal approaches that have been employed to improve the protection of ecosystems have failed to halt this decline. Ecological Governance explores how the law should r…
"This Research Handbook examines one of the most dynamic areas of public international law: the interaction between environmental law and policy and international investment law. The multiplicity of forms that interaction takes is the core theme of this Research Handbook. The co…
Présentation de l'éditeur : "The Ecological Constitution integrates the insights of environmental constitutionalism and ecological law in a concise, engaging and accessible manner. This book sets out the necessary components of any constitution that could be considered "ecologic…
"A new phase is emerging in the relationship between energy and resource activities and the communities that are affected by them. Any energy or resource project - a mine, a wind farm, a dam for hydroelectricity, or a shale gas development - will involve a mix of impacts and ben…
La page de présentation indique: "This is the first book to outline a basic philosophy of ecology using the standard categories of academic philosophy: metaphysics, axiology, epistemology, aesthetics, ethics, and political philosophy. The problems of global justice invariably in…
"Recent years have witnessed exciting developments in international negotiations, litigation, and scholarship about climate change, but doctrinal research in the field remains in its infancy. In particular, little is known about how fast states are required to limit and reduce t…
