Full Description
Human rights and environmental protection are closely intertwined, and both are critically dependent on supportive legal opportunity structures. These legal structures consist of access to the courts; 'legal stock' or the set of available standards and precedents on which to base litigation; and institutional receptiveness to potential litigation. These elements all depend on a variety of social, political, and economic variables. This book critically analyses the complexities of uniting human rights advocacy and environmental protection. Bringing together international experts in the field, it documents the current state of our environmental human rights knowledge, strategically critical questions that remain unanswered, and the initiatives required to develop those answers. It is ideal for researchers in environmental governance and law, as well as interested practitioners and advanced students working in public policy, political science and environmental studies.
Contents
1. Framing Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene Michele Scobie; 2. Protecting Future Generations' Environmental Human Rights, Bridget Lewis; 3. Taking Environmental Rights in the Anthropocene Seriously - the Case of Biodiversity, Peter Gottschalk; 4. Framing Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene José Juste Ruiz, Maira del Mar Requena Quesada; 5. Human Rights and Wrongs: Implementing Environmental Constitutionalism, James R. May; 6. Pressure from Below: Subnational Governance, Human Rights, and Environmental Right Martha F. Davis; 7. Advancing Environmental Rights through Indigenous Rights, Margot Hurlbert; 8. Achieving (Climatic) Sustainability (as a Fundamental Right): Any Room for the Polar Regions? Ottavio Quirico; 9. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: the Significance of Goal 17 'Partnerships for the Goals' Emily S. Reid; 10. The Shape of Environmental Rights Opportunity Structures for the Anthropocene Walter F. BabeR; Conclusion; References; Index.
