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Fordham Environmental Law Review

2020

Pollution

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Climate Change, Technology Transfer, And Intellectual Property: A 'Modest Proposal' For An Ip Enforcement Moratorium, Dalindyebo Bafana Shabalala Aug 2020

Climate Change, Technology Transfer, And Intellectual Property: A 'Modest Proposal' For An Ip Enforcement Moratorium, Dalindyebo Bafana Shabalala

Fordham Environmental Law Review

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Safe & Environmentally Sound Recycling Of Ships: A Stocktaking Of The Current State Of International Law, Ishtiaque Ahmed Feb 2020

Safe & Environmentally Sound Recycling Of Ships: A Stocktaking Of The Current State Of International Law, Ishtiaque Ahmed

Fordham Environmental Law Review

Ship-breaking is one of the most dangerous occupations in the world and widely known as a pollution-heavy industry. This industry is currently concentrated primarily in three South Asian developing countries, namely Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Ensuring the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships remains a global concern. There are many international regulations which apply to the activities of ship-breaking, but none of them address the issue in a comprehensive manner. The most relevant international instrument governing ship recycling, the 2009 Hong Kong Convention remains unenforceable due to non-ratification by the chief ship recycling states. The only enforceable international instrument …