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1 online resource (238 p.) |
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene -- Notes -- References -- 1 Framing Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Environmental Rights in the Context of the Anthropocene -- 1.3 Environmental Rights: Necessity and Feasibility -- 1.4 Environmental Rights in International Law Today -- 1.5 Environmental Rights: National Implementation -- 1.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- References |
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2 Protecting Environmental Human Rights for Future Generations -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Access to Courts -- 2.3 Legal Stock: Rights, Rules, and Principles -- 2.4 Institutional Receptiveness -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- 3 Taking Environmental Rights in the Anthropocene Seriously: The Case of Biodiversity and the Nagoya Protocol -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Biodiversity Regulation (Policy and Law) -- 3.3 Biodiversity as Scientific Concept and Regulatory Object -- 3.4 The Third Objective of the CBD |
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3.5 Biodiversity's Special Features as a Policy Problem -- 3.6 Possible Conceptions of Environmental Rights in the Nagoya Protocol -- 3.7 Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 4 The Quest for International Recognition of Environmental Human Rights -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The French Draft of a Global Pact for the Environment -- 4.3 The Process Towards a Global Pact for the Environment at the United Nations -- 4.3.1 UNGA Resolution 72/277 -- 4.3.2 The Secretary-General Report on Gaps in International Environmental Law and Environment-related Instruments |
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4.3.3 The Open-Ended Working Group Discussions and UNGA Resolution 73/333 -- 4.4 The Way Forward towards the Implementation of UNGA Resolution 73/333 -- 4.4.1 First Informal Substantive Consultation Meeting on the Follow-up of UNGA Resolution 73/333 -- 4.4.2 The Co-Facilitators Draft Building Blocks of a Political Declaration -- 4.4.3 Ongoing Developments and Prospects for the Way Forward -- 4.5 Critical Assessment of the Process Towards a Global Pact for the Environment -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Documents -- 5 Socioeconomic and Cultural Rights and the Anthropocene |
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5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Convergence of SECRs and EHR -- 5.3 SECR Jurisprudence and the Environment -- 5.3.1 Right to Life -- 5.3.2 Right to Dignity -- 5.3.3 Other SECRs -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Reports -- 6 Local Governments, Climate Action, and Sustainability: The Role of Human Rights -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Environmental and Sustainability Initiatives and Human Rights Norms -- 6.2.1 The Paris Agreement -- 6.2.1.1 Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy -- 6.2.1.2 C40 Cities -- 6.2.1.3 Climate Mayors |
| Summary |
An overview of environmental human rights, and the complexities of uniting human rights advocacy and environmental protection |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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6.2.1.4 Guidance for Localising the Paris Agreement |
| Subject |
Environmental law, International -- Congresses
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Human rights -- Congresses
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Environmental law, International.
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Human rights.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
May, James R
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| ISBN |
1009040103 |
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9781009040105 |
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