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Full-Text Articles in Environmental Law
Reclaiming Global Environmental Leadership: Why The United States Should Ratify Ten Pending Environmental Treaties, Mary Jane Angelo, Rebecca M. Bratspies, David Hunter, John H. Knox, Noah Sachs, Sandra B. Zellmer
Reclaiming Global Environmental Leadership: Why The United States Should Ratify Ten Pending Environmental Treaties, Mary Jane Angelo, Rebecca M. Bratspies, David Hunter, John H. Knox, Noah Sachs, Sandra B. Zellmer
David B. Hunter
For more than a century, the United States has taken the lead in organizing international responses to international environmental problems. In the last two decades, however, U.S. environmental leadership has faltered. The best-known example is the lack of an effective response to climate change, underscored by the U.S. decision not to join the Kyoto Protocol. But that is not the only shortfall. The United States has also failed to join a large and growing number of treaties directed at other environmental threats, including marine pollution, the loss of biological diversity, persistent organic pollutants, and trade in toxic substances. This white …
Implications Of The Copenhagen Accord For Global Climate Governance , David Hunter
Implications Of The Copenhagen Accord For Global Climate Governance , David Hunter
David B. Hunter
Climate advocates are increasingly raising specific climate change concerns before domestic courts, human rights tribunals, international commissions and other national and international decisionmaking bodies. Win or lose, these litigation strategies are significantly changing and enhancing the public dialogue around climate change. This article discusses the awareness-building impacts of climate litigation as well as related impacts such strategies may have on the development of climate law and policy. The article argues that litigation's focus on specific victims facing immediate threats from climate change has increased the political will to address climate change both internationally and nationally. It has also shifted the …
New Challenges In An Era Of Global Water Scarcity , David Hunter
New Challenges In An Era Of Global Water Scarcity , David Hunter
David B. Hunter
No abstract provided.
Emerging Standards For Sustainable Finance Of The Energy Sector, Kirk Herbertson, David Hunter
Emerging Standards For Sustainable Finance Of The Energy Sector, Kirk Herbertson, David Hunter
David B. Hunter
No abstract provided.
Can Red Clay Go Green? Adapting Law And Policy In The Face Of Climate Change, 20th Annual Red Clay Conference, Daniel M. Bodansky, David D. Caron, Mary Carr, Heidi Davison, David Hunter, Josh Love, James Marlow
Can Red Clay Go Green? Adapting Law And Policy In The Face Of Climate Change, 20th Annual Red Clay Conference, Daniel M. Bodansky, David D. Caron, Mary Carr, Heidi Davison, David Hunter, Josh Love, James Marlow
David B. Hunter
Program for the 20th Annual Red Clay Conference held Friday, April 4, 2008 at the University of Georgia School of Law's Dean Rusk Hall.
The Implications Of Climate Change Litigation For International Environmental Law-Making, David B. Hunter
The Implications Of Climate Change Litigation For International Environmental Law-Making, David B. Hunter
David B. Hunter
Climate advocates are increasingly raising specific climate change concerns before domestic courts, human rights tribunals, international commissions and other national and international decisionmaking bodies. Win or lose, these litigation strategies are significantly changing and enhancing the public dialogue around climate change. This article discusses the awareness-building impacts of climate litigation as well as related impacts such strategies may have on the development of climate law and policy. The article argues that litigation's focus on specific victims facing immediate threats from climate change has increased the political will to address climate change both internationally and nationally. It has also shifted the …