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May 10 2021

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...

May 10 2021

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...

May 09 2021

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 ...

May 08 2021

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...

May 05 2021

Juridical Principles to Sustain Planetary Health

2022 is the year States must find consensus about what norms are needed to attain the UN Sustainable...

May 04 2021

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...

May 03 2021
The Human Right to a Healthy Environment: Protecting Life on Earth

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...

May 02 2021
2022 And a New Path for Environmental Law in the Global Economy

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...

May 01 2021
Can the 2022 Declaration be a Game Changer?

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...

April 29 2021

‘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...

April 28 2021

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...

April 26 2021

Towards a Global Pact

A concise and authoritative statement is easier and quicker than digging around in a variety of sour...

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