Environmental Human Rights and Climate Change Current Status and Future Prospects /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Lewis, Bridget (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: International environmental law.; Climate change.; Human rights.; Social justice.; International Environmental Law.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Human Rights.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.

This book examines the current status of environmental human rights at the international, regional, and national levels and provides a critical analysis of possible future developments in this area, particularly in the context of a changing climate. It examines various conceptualisations of environm...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction to Environmental Human Rights and Climate Change
• 2. Environmental dimensions of human rights
• 3. Constitutional Environmental Rights
• 4. The human right to a good environment in international law
• 5. The theoretical basis for expanding environmental human rights
• 6. Legal, practical and political implications of expanding environmental human rights
• 7. The role of environmental human rights in addressing climate change
• 8. Challenges confronting a human rights-based approach to climate change
• 9. Do we need a new environmental human right to deal with climate change?
• 10. Future directions for environmental human rights in a changing climate.