Title:
International environmental law in a nutshell / Lakshman D. Guruswamy (Ph.D., Nicholas Doman Professor of International Environmental Law, University of Colorado School of Law), Mariah Zebrowski Leach (BA, MS, J.D).
Author:
Guruswamy, Lakshman D., 1939- author.
Zebrowski Leach, Mariah, author.
Publication Information:
St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2017]
℗♭2017
Call Number:
K3585.5 .G87 2017
Abstract:
"[This book] illuminates the full gamut of international environmental issues, laws and policies challenging the world today. The fifth edition responds to important developments arising subsequent to the fourth edition, relating, inter alia, to sustainable development, climate change, and energy. These developments include the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of 2015, the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change that replaced the Kyoto Protocol, and the challenges posed by renewable energy and global poverty."-- Provided by publisher.
Edition:
Fifth edition.
ISBN:
9781683280965
Series:
Nutshell series
Nutshell series.
Physical Description:
lv, 782 pages: map ; 19 cm.
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Contents:
Sources and forms of international environmental law -- International environmental law: the historical continuum -- Implementation and compliance -- Population -- Biodiversity -- Global climate change -- Ozone depletion -- Antarctica -- Toxic and hazardous substances -- Land-based pollution -- Pollution by vessels and offshore oil platforms -- Dumping -- Conservation of marine living resources -- Transboundary air pollution -- Transboundary water pollution -- Desertification -- Nuclear damage -- Future of international environmental law (IEL).
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