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The Oxford handbook of international environmental law
In: Oxford handbooks in law
Four Treaties in One: The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Volume 118, Issue 2, p. 299-323
ISSN: 2161-7953
Combine and conquer. That was the strategy of those seeking to develop an international regime to address marine biological diversity found in areas beyond national jurisdiction—areas that constitute half of the world's surface and a much greater proportion of its habitable volume. States had quite different visions for the regime. On the one hand, the European Union and other developed countries such as Australia and New Zealand wanted a conservation-oriented regime providing for the establishment of marine protected areas and setting rules for environmental impact assessments; on the other hand, developing countries wanted a resource-oriented regime that would allow them to get what they consider their fair share of the benefits of marine genetic resources and would assist them with capacity building and technology transfer. Only by combining these disparate topics in a single package was agreement possible.
International Legal Theory: Foundations and Frontiers. Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Mark A. Pollack, eds. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Pp. xii, 435. Index
In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Volume 117, Issue 4, p. 735-743
ISSN: 2161-7953
The UN Climate Change Regime Thirty Years on: A Retrospective and Assessment+
In: Environmental policy and law, Volume 53, Issue 1, p. 19-33
ISSN: 1878-5395
This article provides a retrospective assessment of the United Nations climate change regime at age thirty. It begins by reviewing the four key stages in the development of the regime. It then discusses how, despite considerable changes in the world, the climate change regime has stayed much the same, and analyzes why the issue has been so intractable. It introduces three models of how international law might address the climate change problem—a prescriptive, contractual, and facilitative/catalytic model—and argues that the facilitative/catalytic approach reflected in the Paris Agreement is best suited to address the climate change problem. It concludes with a report card on how the regime is doing on its 30th anniversary.
Introductory Remarks by Daniel Bodansky
In: Proceedings of the annual meeting / American Society of International Law, Volume 116, p. 33-34
ISSN: 2169-1118
Welcome everyone, to this session on "The Climate Change Gap: Inequalities, Narratives, and International Law." I am Dan Bodansky, and I am going to be moderating our panel today.
The Places in Between
In: Forthcoming in Temple International &; Comparative Law Journal, Volume 36
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Top 10 Developments in International Environmental Law: 1990-2020
In: Yearbook of International Environmental Law (Oxford Univ Press, 2020)
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The Role and Limits of the International Court of Justice in International Environmental Law
In: The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice, Carlos Esposito and Kate Partlett, eds. (Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming)
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The Ocean and Climate Change Law: Exploring the Relationships
In: Frontiers in International Law: Oceans and Climate Challenges, Essays in Honor of David Freestone (Richard Barnes and Ronan Long, eds., Brill, 2020 Forthcoming)
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The Role of the International Court of Justice in Addressing Climate Change: Some Preliminary Reflections
In: Arizona State Law Journal, Volume 49
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The Paris Climate Change Agreement: A New Hope?
In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Volume 110, Issue 2, p. 288-319
ISSN: 2161-7953
Know your limits. This familiar adage is not an inspirational rallying cry or a recipe for bold action. It serves better as the motto for the tortoise than the hare. But, after many false starts over the past twenty years, states were well advised to heed it when negotiating the Paris Agreement. While it is still far too early to say whether the Agreement will be a success, its comparatively modest approach provides a firmer foundation on which to build than its more ambitious predecessor, the Kyoto Protocol.
Remarks by Daniel Bodansky
In: Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting, Volume 110, p. 32-33
ISSN: 2169-1118
Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships: The Role of the International Maritime Organization
In: Forthcoming in "Ocean Law Debates: The 50-Year Legacy and Emerging Issues for the Years Ahead," eds. H. Scheiber, N. Oral and M. Kwon
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