Environmental protection and sustainable development from Rio to Rio+20 / / edited by Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, Stefania Negri.

• Superior document: Queen Mary Studies in International Law, Volume 15
• TeilnehmendeR: Fitzmaurice, Malgosia, 1957-,; Maljean-Dubois, Sandrine,; Negri, Stefania,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Queen Mary studies in international law ; Volume 15.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (428 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

The Challenges of Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development from Rio to Rio+20 and Beyond is an innovative and original book which addresses in an analytical and critical way the issues raised by Rio+20. Its content offers a wealth of information from world leading experts in the fields of international law, international environmental law and international health law. The book provides a unique insight in issues which are at the core of the contemporary management of social, environmental and economic questions and thus represents a very important contribution to our further understanding of the concept of sustainable development. It is aimed at a global audience and at anybody interested in the future of our Planet and the fate of future generations. Contributors are: Pia Acconci, Estelle Brosset, Francesco Buonomenna, Lucien Chabason, Carina Costa de Oliveira, Angela Di Stasi, Jérôme Dubois, Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Leonardus Gerber, Elizabeth Hodson de Jaramillo, Sophie Lavallée, Antonio Leandro, Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, Panos Merkouris, Claudia Napoli, Stefania Negri, Anna Oriolo, Rossana Palladino, Teresa Russo, Ingrid Schuler, Francesco Sindico, José Manuel Sobrino Heredia, Hélène Tigroudja, Valentina Vadi, Anna Vigorito

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Malgosia Fitzmaurice , Sandrine Maljean-Dubois and Stefania Negri -- Introduction / Stefania Negri and Sandrine Maljean-Dubois -- The Normative Force of the Outcome Document “The Future We Want”: Brief Remarks / Angela Di Stasi -- La gouvernance globale de l’environnement: Enjeux et perspectives après la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le développement durable « Rio+20 » / Sandrine Maljean-Dubois -- Sustainable Development Partnerships as a Bridge between International Commitments and their National Implementation / Carina Costa de Oliveira -- The Heritage Dimension of the Climate System and Its Protection for the Benefit of Mankind / José Manuel Sobrino Heredia -- Climate Change and Natural Disasters / Panos Merkouris -- La biodiversité: Un pilier pour le développement durable « post-Rio+20 » ? / Sophie Lavallée -- Sustainable Development as Guideline for Oceans and Seas Governance / Antonio Leandro -- Sound Management of Waste and Environmental Protection from Stockholm to Rio+20 / Teresa Russo -- Elimination de la pauvreté, droits de l’homme et développement durable / Hélène Tigroudja -- Food Security within the Framework of International Assistance for Development: Working towards Rural Sustainability for the Realization of the Right to Food / Pia Acconci -- Le droit à l’eau en tant que droit de l’homme au niveau international et européen. Sa mise en oeuvre « en harmonie avec la nature » dans « L’avenir que nous voulons » / Anna Oriolo and Anna Vigorito -- L’éducation au développement durable: Un droit de l’individu, un devoir de l’Etat / Claudia Napoli -- Environmental Changes and Migration: Responses from Rio to Rio+20 and Beyond / Rossana Palladino -- Sustainable Development and Global Health: Positioning Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda / Stefania Negri -- Energy and Policy Objectives in the Context of Rio+20 / Francesco Buonomenna -- La ville durable comme nouveau modèle de développement: Enjeux et perspectives / Jérôme Dubois -- Challenges of Sustainable Development and Productive Use of Biodiversity: The Knowledge Based Bio-Economy Approach / Elizabeth Hodson de Jaramillo and Ingrid Schuler -- Mining and Sustainable Development / Leonardus Gerber and Francesco Sindico -- Nature, Culture and Sustainable Development in International Trade Law / Valentina Vadi -- Brèves observations à propos du droit international et européen des organismes génétiquement modifiés du point de vue du développement durable / Estelle Brosset -- Postface: Rio+20+2 / Lucien Chabason -- Index / Malgosia Fitzmaurice , Sandrine Maljean-Dubois and Stefania Negri.