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What if the Global Pact for the Environment took the form of a simple declaration: a Trojan horse for better implementation of environmental standards?
Regardless of its legal form, it is the level of adherence of States to the norm that will ultimatel...
Towards more ambition for the 2022 High-Level Declaration
Law is a driving force that makes it possible to protect the environment while maintaining the econo...
A Fifty Year Stocktaking and Achieving Transformative Change through the Rule of Environmental Law
Transformation cannot be achieved without collective action. It is essential for States to take the ...
Answering the Clarion Call for the Global Pact for the Environment
Sustainable investing is increasing - and this trend has led to more vigorous corporate action on su...
Juridical Principles to Sustain Planetary Health
2022 is the year States must find consensus about what norms are needed to attain the UN Sustainable...
A Plea for a Principled Approach to International Environmental Governance
A principled approach to environmental governance can provide the cement for a new and more united w...

The Human Right to a Healthy Environment: Protecting Life on Earth
Human rights can help overcome the Achilles heel of international environmental law—the absence of...

2022 And a New Path for Environmental Law in the Global Economy
International law is based on the shared purposes of states, yet its fragmented nature reduces its a...

Can the 2022 Declaration be a Game Changer?
Without a legal framework able to represent the global commons as they exist intangibly in the natur...
‘To Know Without Knowing?’ Reinforcing the Science-Policy Interface in Global Environmental Governance
Stockholm +50 should be action-oriented to strengthen the interface between science and internationa...
Considerations as Contribution to, and Beyond the Political Declaration
The process preparing the political declaration is not mandated to negotiate a new global umbrella C...
Towards a Global Pact
A concise and authoritative statement is easier and quicker than digging around in a variety of sour...