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The Repurposed UN Trusteeship Council for the Future
The Context and Idea On 15 July 2022, IOS Press published an ideational proposal of this author ent...
Exploring Pathways to an International Agreement to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground
It is increasingly recognised (even if not always in public) that the goals of the Paris Agreement w...
The international recognition of environmental rights: companies’ obligations
Today's environmental and social challenges make it more necessary than ever to strengthen the envir...
The Contribution of Transnational Environmental Rules and Standards to Realisation of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment
This essay analyses the adoption of Resolution 76/300 by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA),...
At the confluence of environmental and human rights law
The recent recognition of the human right to a healthy environment partakes of both international en...
2022 Declaration: a Chance to Enhance Environmental Rule of Law in the Process of Achieving Sustainable Development Objectives and Goals
Environmental rule of law and sustainable development are undoubtedly the two most significant terms...
The Failure of Climate Change Multilateralism and its Urgent Reboot
Why is humanity still losing the war against the climate crisis despite five decades worth of intern...
Addressing the Triple Crisis (Climate, Biodiversity and Pollution): Non-regression and Harmony With Nature
The urgency of the situation needs not to be proven anymore. Stockholm +50 represents a once in a ge...
The Long Path Towards “Environmental Democracy” and the Role of Public Participation
Sixty years ago, the bases for environmental protection were outlined, with the need to establish co...
The High-level Declaration for Stockholm+50: A Renewal of Past Commitments and Creation of New Commitments to Mother Earth 50 Years On
As we return to Stockholm on 2 June 2022 to commemorate 50 years since the 1972 United Nations Confe...
An Emerging Principle: Weighing Effective Implementation of Environmental Law via Legal Indicators
Environmental law, despite its amazing growth for about half a century, has yet to be fully implemen...
Operationalizing “One Health” through a Pandemic Treaty
The World Health Assembly has recently started a negotiation process for a convention or other inter...