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Environmental Rule of Law: Critical to Sustainable Development
(2015-05)
Environmental rule of law integrates the critical environmental needs with the essential elements of the rule of law, and provides the basis for reforming environmental governance. It prioritizes environmental sustainability ...
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2009
(Department of Law, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Campus, 2010)
The aim of the Course is to convey key tools and experiences in the area of international environmental law-making to present and future negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements; and to contribute to the further ...
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2011
(Department of Law, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Campus, 2013)
The papers in the present Review are based on lectures given during the eighth University of Eastern Finland – UNEP Course on International Environmental Agreements. It was held from 4 to 16 September 2011 at the Asian ...
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2014
(2015)
In October 2014, the University of Eastern Finland and UNEP held the eleventh joint Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in Joensuu, Finland. The papers compiled in this volume of the Review are based on ...
Enhancing Synergies across Global Biodiversity Conventions: Experiences from the Global South: Workshop Proceedings and Country Reports
(2016-09)
Over the past few years, UN Environment has led a multi-stakeholder process to identify options for enhancing synergies and cooperation among the global biodiversity conventions. To that effect, UN Environment organized a ...
Report of the Independent Group of Experts on New Mechanisms for Stakeholder Engagement at UNEP: Final Report
(2013-10-24)
The Expert Group for New Mechanisms for Stakeholder Engagement at UNEP (EG, or the Group) analyzed and advised on UNEP‟s future accreditation policy, working methods and processes for stakeholder contributions towards ...
The State of Biodiversity in Africa: A Mid-term Review of Progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016-05)
The report identifies opportunities and challenges in implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 in Africa and looks ahead to actions which need to be taken by national governments and other decision makers ...
UNEP Compendium on Human Rights and the Environment: Selected international legal materials and cases
(2014)
The Compendium on human rights and the environment takes stock of the normative and jurisprudential developments in the field of human rights and the environment. It describes international instruments that relate to human ...
Consultation Report Human Rights and the Environment: Procedural Rights Related to Environmental Protection: Convened by the United Nations Independent Expert on human rights and the environment with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Environment Programme
(2013)
This report summarises the outcomes of the consultation on procedural human rights related to environmental protection convened by the United Nations Independent Expert on human rights and the environment, John Knox, with ...
The Greening of Water Law: Managing Freshwater Resources for People and the Environment
(2010-08)
The greening of water law is both a theoretical and practical effort to modernize legal regimes governing the management and allocation of freshwater resources.