The environmental threats and the challenge of sustainability have moved to the very centre of political, business and, increasingly, personal agendas. This title provides coverage of the development of international environmental governance from the 1980's onwards.

The environmental impacts of acid rain have been well-documented. Less is known about the extent and economic costs of these impacts. This book describes a project that has been instrumental for the economic evaluation of air pollution damage in Europe carried out in the framework of the UN/ECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution.

One of the more significant recommendations to emerge from UNCED in 1992 was the call in Agenda 21 for countries to develop and implement national sustainable development strategies. This book presents a cogent analysis of industrial countries' experiences in this area, drawing out lessons and observations from broad empirical experience.

Explores the varied, and often conflicting, interests involved in the formulation of international policies on chemical pesticide manufacture and use - in each of the main areas of environmental pollution, trade, development, public health, food security, biotechnology and industrial safety.

Acid rain was one of the major environmental issues of the 1980s. But while industrialized countries have taken measures to reduce the emissions that lead to acidification, the problems have not gone away. This title provides a global view of acidification. It includes chapters on the causes, effects and scientific understanding of acid pollution.

In June 1997, heads of government and senior representatives from over 130 countries met in New York to consider what progress had been made since the first Earth Summit in 1992, and to decide upon priorities for the future. This title presents the principal official documents agreed at the Summit alongside an authoritative analysis.

A cross-disciplinary assessment of fairness and equity issues in the context of global climate change, this volume is written by leading scientists and examines the concerns from a variety of social science disciplines.

Sustainable development requires consideration of the quality of life that future generations will be able to enjoy, and as the adjustment to sustainable lifestyles gathers momentum, the rights of future generations and our responsibility for their wellbeing is becoming a central issue. This book addresses this area of international law.

Environmentally sustainable development has become one of the world's most urgent priorities. But countries cannot achieve it alone. This book focuses on environmental and developmental law, and assesses how far and how successfully intergovernmental organizations have responded to the challenge.

This volume provides a simple and practical explanation of the most important aspects of EC environmental law. It introduces the EC and its institutions, explains the main environmental laws, and how these laws can be used.