Ecological Integrity, Law and Governance

ISBN-13: 9780815394631 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 246 str.

Laura Westra; Klaus Bosselmann; Janice Gray

Opis

This book celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Global Ecological Integrity Group, including from diverse disciplines, including ecology, biology, philosophy, public health, economics, and law.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I – Ecological Integrity, Ethics and the Law  1. The State v. The Environment: The Ethical and Legal Implications for State Non-Action in Protecting the Foundations of Life  2. Critical and Analytical Considerations on Climatic Ethics  3. Addressing Climate Change in a Digital Age  4. Funding Policy Choices: Tax and Global Financial Secrecy  5. Bruno Latour on Ecology and Christian Religion  Part II – Public Health, Environmental Disasters and Crimes Against Humanity  6. Reforming Reparations for Mass Human Rights Abuses: A Canadian Model  7. The Struggle over the Dakota Access Pipeline in the Context of Native American History  8. Navigating Complexity, Promoting Health: Insights from the emergence of ‘Ecohealth’ and ‘One Health’  9. Trading Health: A Community Health Impact Assessment Perspective of the Trans-Pacific Partnership  10. Indirect Health Effects Consequent to the Fukushima Nuclear Accident, March 11, 2011  11. Civil Society Preventing Environmental Disasters  12. A Global Update on the Ambit of Unconventional Gas Mining-and an Alternative Framework for Mediating Energy Demands  Part III – New Challenges to Global Governance  13. The Reactionary Turn in American Environmental Policy: The Trump Effect  14. Moving From Environmental Law to Ecological Law: Frameworks, Priorities and Strategies  15. Achieving Traction for Ethics in Environmental Policy-Making  16. Planet Ocean and Marine Protected Areas: An Opportunity for Ecological Commons Governance  Part IV – The Future of Ecological Integrity  17. Towards World Federalism for International Peace and a Sustainable Environment  18. A Utopian Democratic Revolution to Overcome Flawed Democracy and Ecological Catastrophe  19. Can the Philanthropic Imperative Enhance International Health Care?  20. The Uses of Poetry to Effect Positive Climate-Change Policy  21. Can the Earth Charter Movement Be Renewed? The Covenantal Promise of the Earth Charter Movement  Conclusion: The Ever-Increasing Importance of Ecological Integrity in International and National Law