Launching a New Environment Court: Challenges and Opportunities

This is the text of a speech given at the International Symposium on Environmental Courts and Tribunals, hosted by Pace Law School and the International Judicial Institute for Environmental Adjudication (IJIEA), on April 1, 2011, in White Plains, New York. Any annotations to the text of this speech have been added by the author in connection with its publication in this Special Edition

Landmark Agreement to Strengthen Montreal Protocol Provides Powerful Climate Mitigation

The Montreal Protocol offers additional opportunities to reduce GHG emissions further, including by creating greater incentives for the recovery and destruction of ozone-depleting substances currently in chemical inventory or contained in refrigerators, air conditioners, and other products and equipment still in service or not yet disposed.7 As with the HCFC agreement, these opportunities can achieve immediate and substantial reductions in GHG emissions, as well as further speed the recovery of the ozone layer

An institute for enhancing effective environmental adjudication

Texto de autoria de Ministro do Superior Tribunal de Justiça

The role of Unep in the development of environmental law

Trata acerca do papel da Unep no desenvolvimento da legislação ambiental na America Latina e Caribe

Access to environmental justice and corporate responsibility

Aborda o acesso à justiça ambiental e a responsabilidade corporativa. Destaca a aplicação das leis e regulamentos ambientais na África