Harnessing Foreign Investment to Promote Environmental Protection

Harnessing Foreign Investment to Promote Environmental Protection
Author: Pierre-Marie Dupuy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107328640

Harnessing Foreign Investment to Promote Environmental Protection investigates the main challenges facing the implementation of environmental protection and the synergies between foreign investment and environmental protection. Adopting legal, economic and political perspectives, the contributing authors analyse the various incentives which encourage foreign investment into pro-environment projects (such as funds, project-finance, market mechanisms, payments-for-ecosystem services and insurance) and the safeguards against its potentially harmful effects (investment regulation, CSR and accountability mechanisms, contracts and codes of conduct).

Harnessing Foreign Investment to Promote Environmental Protection

Harnessing Foreign Investment to Promote Environmental Protection
Author: Vinauales Jorge Dupuy Pierre-Marie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2013
Genre: Environmental economics
ISBN: 9781107336742

This volume provides cutting-edge interdisciplinary analysis of the synergies between foreign investment and environmental protection by leading scholars and practitioners.

International Environmental Law

International Environmental Law
Author: Pierre-Marie Dupuy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2018-06-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108423604

A concise, clear, and legally rigorous introduction to international environmental law and practice covering the very latest developments.

The Development Dimension Sustainable Ocean for All Harnessing the Benefits of Sustainable Ocean Economies for Developing Countries

The Development Dimension Sustainable Ocean for All Harnessing the Benefits of Sustainable Ocean Economies for Developing Countries
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre:
ISBN: 926456263X

Adopting more sustainable ways of managing the ocean is a global priority: protecting its health will bring benefits to all. Developing countries face specific challenges, as many depend heavily on ocean-based industries and are overly exposed to the consequences of ocean degradation.

Harnessing Globalization

Harnessing Globalization
Author: Roy C. Nelson
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2015-10-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 027105123X

How can countries in the underdeveloped world position themselves to take best advantage of the positive economic benefits of globalization? One avenue to success is the harnessing of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the “nontraditional” forms of the high-technology and service sectors, where an educated workforce is essential and the spillover effects to other sectors are potentially very beneficial. In this book, Roy Nelson compares efforts in three Latin American countries—Brazil, Chile, and Costa Rica—to attract nontraditional FDI and analyzes the reasons for their relative success or failure. As a further comparison, he uses the successes of FDI promotion in Ireland and Singapore to help refine the analysis. His study shows that two factors, in particular, are critical. First is the government’s autonomy from special interest groups, both domestic and foreign, arising from the level of political security enjoyed by government leaders. The second factor is the government’s ability to learn about prospective investors and the inducements that are most important to them—what he calls “transnational learning capacity.” Nelson draws lessons from his analysis for how governments might develop more effective strategies for attracting nontraditional FDI.

International Courts and Environmental Protection

International Courts and Environmental Protection
Author: Tim Stephens
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2009-02-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0521881226

A comprehensive examination of international environmental litigation which addresses the major environmental challenges of the twenty-first century.

Foreign Investment and the Environment in International Law

Foreign Investment and the Environment in International Law
Author: Jorge E. Viñuales
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2012-09-13
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139576739

Conflicts between foreign investment law and environmental law are becoming increasingly frequent. On the one hand, the rise of environmental regulation poses significant challenges to foreign investors in several industries. On the other, the surge in investment arbitration proceedings is making States aware of the important litigation risks that may result from the adoption of environmental regulation. This study of the relationship between these two areas of law adopts both a policy and a practical perspective. It identifies the major challenges facing States, foreign investors and their legal advisers as a result of the potential friction between investment law and environmental law and provides a detailed analysis of all the major legal issues on the basis of a comprehensive study of the jurisprudence from investment tribunals, human rights courts and bodies, the ICJ, the WTO, the ITLOS, the CJEU and other adjudication mechanisms.

Investors’ International Law

Investors’ International Law
Author: Jean Ho
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 487
Release: 2021-06-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1509937935

This book is the first book-length analysis of investor accountability under general and customary international law, international human rights law, international environmental law, international humanitarian law, as well as international investment law. International investment law is currently facing growing criticisms for its failure to address corruption, abuse, environmental damage, and other forms of investor misconduct. Reform initiatives range from the rejection of international law as a governing regime for investors, to the dramatic overhaul of investment treaties that supposedly enable investor overprotection, to the creation of a multilateral international instrument that would enable the litigation of claims against errant businesses before an international tribunal. Whether these initiatives succeed in disciplining investors remains to be seen. What these initiatives undeniably show however, is that change is warranted to counteract this lopsided investors' international law. Each chapter in the book addresses a different and underexplored dimension of investor accountability, thus offering a novel and consolidated study of international law. The book will be of immense assistance to legal practitioners, academics and policy makers involved in the design, drafting, application and reform of various international instruments addressing investor accountability.

Research Handbook on Environment and Investment Law

Research Handbook on Environment and Investment Law
Author: Kate Miles
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2019
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 1784714631

The Research Handbook on Environment and Investment Law examines one of the most dynamic areas of international law: the interaction between international investment law and environmental law and policy. The Research Handbook takes a thematic approach, analysing key issues in the environment–investment nexus, such as freshwater resources, climate, biodiversity, biotechnology and sustainable development. It also includes sections which explore regional experiences and address practice and procedure, and offers innovative approaches and critical perspectives, including the interface between foreign investment and the environment with human rights, gender, indigenous peoples, and economics.