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

• Main Authors: Junker, Kirk W, Farah, Paolo Davide
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2021; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
• Subjects: Aarhus Convention; Caribbean Small Island Developing States; Climate Disruption; Company, commercial and competition law: general; Concession Agreement; Cotonou Partnership Agreement; Development studies; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Economics; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Energy and natural resources law; Energy Policies; Energy Resources; Energy Sources; Environment law; Environment, transport and planning law: general; Environmental; Environmental Authorization; Environmental Impact Assessment Act; Environmental Issue; Environmental Law - Law; Environmental law, International; Environmental management; Environmental policy and protocols; Environmental Procedural Rights; External Governance Approach; Globaler Süden; Globalisierung; Globalization; Globalization-Economic aspects-Developing countries; Ha Noi; Interdisciplinary studies; International institutions; International law; International relations; Internationales Umweltrecht; Law; Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law; Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure; Ministry Of The Environment; Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Natural Resources; Nature; Nature and the natural world: general interest; Nonfiction; Political economy; Politics and government; Public Engagement; Public Private Partnerships; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Small Island Developing States; Social impact of environmental issues; Society and Social Sciences; Socio-economic Development; Sustainable Development; The environment; Welt; Cotonou Partnership Agreement; Foreign Direct Liability; Concession Agreement; Aarhus Convention; Public Private Partnerships; Socio-economic Development; Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party; Energy Policies; Environmental Impact Assessment Act; Environmental Law; Environmental Issue; Environmental Authorization; Small Island Developing States; Biodiversity Offset; Extra-territorial Litigation; Climate Disruption; Energy Sources; Ha Noi; Caribbean Small Island Developing States; Paris Agreement; Globalization; Environmental Federalism; External Governance Approach; Public Engagement; Human Rights Violations; Ministry Of The Environment; Environmental Procedural Rights; Energy Conservation; Vigilance Law; Energy Resources

This volume examines the impact of globalization on international environmental law and the implementation of sustainable development in the Global South. Comprising contributions from lawyers from the Global South or who have experience in the Global South, this volume is organized into three parts...

Table of Contents:

• Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Notes on editors and contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 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 -- Index