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Where is 'Earth' 50 years after Stockholm?

There are many gaps in international environmental law, but the largest and most worrisome exists be...

Three states of mind needed to solve today’s environmental crises

Consciousness, imagination and thoughtfulness. Three states of mind needed to tackle today’s envir...

Recognising Animal Welfare in International Environmental Law

Key proposals to improve the status quo: declare the importance of protecting animal welfare in new ...

Overhauling our Tax Regimes for a Sustainable Future

The 2022 Declaration should promote tax regimes based on an approach that looks to reestablish consu...

Should the 2022 Declaration recognize rights of nature?

The UN General Assembly has decided to organize an international conference in 2022 to celebrate the...

Why Include Animal Welfare in the 2022 Declaration?

Animal welfare is still missing at the UN and particularly in its Agenda for the Environment, even i...

Access to domestic courts to enhance environmental governance

The 2022 declaration should consider the multiplication of lawsuits brought by individuals, mainly r...

A Common Response to a Common Concern: Integrating Solidarity in Environmental Law

From the systemic perspective of international environmental law, two general principles of environm...

Principle 10: what can we learn from its regional implementation through the Escazú Agreement?

The Escazú Agreement implements Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration, adapting it to the regional ci...

Central to the states’ survival in the face of the accelerating climate crisis will be their enhan...

The 2022 Declaration must integrate concerns related to inequality between people and between states...

The combination of little corporate green responsibility and insufficiently empowered citizens is ca...