International Organizations and Environmental Protection

International Organizations and Environmental Protection
Author: Wolfram Kaiser
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2016-12-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1785333631

Pollution, resource depletion, habitat management, and climate change are all issues that necessarily transcend national boundaries. Accordingly, they and other environmental concerns have been a particular focus for international organizations from before the First World War to the present day. This volume is the first to comprehensively explore the environmental activities of professional communities, NGOs, regional bodies, the United Nations, and other international organizations during the twentieth century. It follows their efforts to shape debates about environmental degradation, develop binding intergovernmental commitments, and—following the seminal 1972 Conference on the Human Environment—implement and enforce actual international policies.

Acid Rain and Ozone Layer Depletion

Acid Rain and Ozone Layer Depletion
Author: Brunnée
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2023-09-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004640614

Although acid rain and ozone layer depletion are highly-publicized issues, they have not received the legal attention they warrant. This detailed analysis fills this gap. With a thorough scientific background and a review of technically feasible countermeasures, it addresses the applicable rules of international law, exposing the tension between the traditional concept of sovereignty and the need for international cooperation. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

International Environmental Policy

International Environmental Policy
Author: Lynton Keith Caldwell
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 1996
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780822318668

In this newly revised and expanded edition of the award-winning International Environmental Policy, Lynton Keith Caldwell updates his comprehensive survey of the global international movement for protection of the environment. Serving as a history of international cooperation on environmental issues, this book focuses primarily on the development of international agreements and institutional arrangements--both governmental and nongovernmental--along with the impact of science, technology, trade, and communication on environmental policy. With implications for multinational commerce, population policy, agriculture, energy issues, biological and cultural diversity, transnational equity, ideology, and education, this book takes a broad view of the policy outcomes of what may be the most important social movement of the 20th century, and addresses the events and politics that have significantly affected the movement over the last twenty years and will continue to affect it into the next century.