Greening International Law
Climate change and the advisory function of international courts and tribunals
A coalition of member States led by Vanuatu is bringing a draft resolution to the UNGA to request an...
Global Climate Change as a Planetary Concern: A Wake-Up Call for the Decision-makers
In the wake of COP27, Prof. Bharat H. Desai of the Centre for International Legal Studies at Jawahar...
Scoring a Goal for Latin America and the Caribbean in Plastic Pollution Talks
Key Proposals: The article offers an analysis of the interests of a multilateral negotiation of a bi...
Green Diplomacy: Birth of a new Blog
The Blog “Pathway to the 2022 Declaration” evolves today to “Green Diplomacy.”
The Repurposed UN Trusteeship Council for the Future
The Context and Idea On 15 July 2022, IOS Press published an ideational proposal of this author ent...
Exploring Pathways to an International Agreement to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground
It is increasingly recognised (even if not always in public) that the goals of the Paris Agreement w...
Ecocide as a fifth crime at the International Criminal Court
This criminal law route can therefore provide an enforceable deterrent to underpin and support UNFCC...
COP26 and the Flawed Design of International Law
With respect to climate change, the Earth’s atmosphere should be recognized as a global trust that...
Where is 'Earth' 50 years after Stockholm?
There are many gaps in international environmental law, but the largest and most worrisome exists be...
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...
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...
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 ...