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Environmental Realpolitik: Joint Implementation And Climate Change, Thomas C. Heller
Environmental Realpolitik: Joint Implementation And Climate Change, Thomas C. Heller
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Professor Heller's article discusses why there has been little
progress after the Rio Earth Summit in developing the Framework
Convention on Climate Change. He argues that, beyond the scientific
uncertainties about climate change and its economic impacts,
agreement on the legal structure of a comprehensive regime has been
hampered by institutional factors. These include: the political
discounting of damage to future populations, the diverse risks of
global warming in different regions, and the distrust in many nations
with market instruments, like taxes or tradable permits, that are
favored by many industrial nations dependent on fossil fuels.
Resolving these problems will …
Institutional Capacity-Building Toward Sustainable Development: Taiwan’S Environmental Protection In The Climate Of Economic Development And Political Liberalization, Jiunn-Rong Yeh
Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
No abstract provided.
Welcome (Symposium On Framework Laws--The Key To Sustainable Development In The Americas), Richard L. Ottinger
Welcome (Symposium On Framework Laws--The Key To Sustainable Development In The Americas), Richard L. Ottinger
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This is a subject of deep interest to our law school. We have established one of the top environmental studies centers in the United States. In addition, we operate a nationally recognized energy law project, land use law center and international commercial law institute. Our interest is global and broad, focusing on the legal issues involved both in resource use and conservation and on applications at the local, national and international level. We take this broad approach for a simple reason: it is the approach that our graduates will have to take as they practice law in the global market …
Seminar On The Law Of Sustainable Development--United States, John R. Nolon
Seminar On The Law Of Sustainable Development--United States, John R. Nolon
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Welcome to a video seminar on the Law of Sustainable Development in Argentina and the United States. Our plan is to record these proceedings and show segments of them at a similar seminar to be held next month in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Law Of Sustainable Development, Nicholas A. Robinson
The Law Of Sustainable Development, Nicholas A. Robinson
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
I am going to talk briefly, as dictated by the format of this seminar, about the law of sustainable development and how it has been developing. Sustainable development is, today, the guiding theme for both public and private measures to improve social conditions and strengthen economic conditions around the world. It did not become a guiding theme overnight. The recognition that sustainable development is fundamental has been growing gradually. The concept recognizes that the sort of development that was popular in the 1960s and 1970s in the United States of America and elsewhere was, by itself, an inadequate base on …