Globalization, Environmental Law, and Sustainable Development in the Global South: Challenges for Implementation

ISBN-13: 9780367749132 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 318 str.

Kirk W. Junker; Paolo Davide Farah

Opis

This volume examines the impact of globalization on international environmental law and the implementation of sustainable development in the Global South.

Spis treści

Introduction; PART I The environment in the Global South during the globalization of "sustainable development" 1 Managing environmental risks in privately financed infrastructure projects in Nigeria; 2 The curse of best practices: impact assessment in the context of the governance of extractives in Mongolia; 3 Extra-territorial litigation remedies: a case study of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in Uganda; PART II Interfaces between developed and developing countries in environmental law 4 Sustainable development through environmental federalism in the case of Ethiopia; 5 Diversification of mono-economies: how legislation manages the environmental impact of foreign investments in Nigeria; 6 Transformation of sustainable development goals in regional international organizations: vertical effects, contested indicators, and interlinkages for the formation of environmental law; 7 The implementation of the Paris agreement through tax law: examples from South Africa, India, China, and Brazil; PART III Alternatives to globalization in environmental law 8 The contracting state’s role in the energy community to build the European Union’s envisioned sustainable future; 9 Global environmental governance: a necessary pathway for sustainable development of Caribbean Small Island Developing States; 10 Going beyond the law: the potential and limits of public participation in the context of sustainable development; 11 Environmental hazards and human rights violations: the case of Presídio Central Prison in Brazil; Conclusions: indicator species and the future of environmental law