Tuesday, April 30, 2019

New Issue: Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law

The latest issue of the Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law (Vol. 28, no. 1, April 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Special Issue: The Global Pact for the Environment and Gaps in International Environmental Law
    • Yann Aguila & Jorge E. Viñuales, A Global Pact for the Environment: Conceptual foundations
    • Christina Voigt, How a ‘Global Pact for the Environment’ could add value to international environmental law
    • Duncan French & Louis J. Kotzé, ‘Towards a Global Pact for the Environment’: International environmental law's factual, technical and (unmentionable) normative gaps
    • Susan Biniaz, The UNGA Resolution on a ‘Global Pact for the Environment’: A chance to put the horse before the cart
    • John H. Knox, The Global Pact for the Environment: At the crossroads of human rights and the environment
    • Edgar Fernández Fernández & Claire Malwé, The emergence of the ‘planetary boundaries’ concept in international environmental law: A proposal for a framework convention
  • Regular Articles
    • Helmut Philipp Aust, The shifting role of cities in the global climate change regime: From Paris to Pittsburgh and back?
    • Eloise Scotford & Stephen Minas, Probing the hidden depths of climate law: Analysing national climate change legislation
    • Benoit Mayer, Environmental assessments in the context of climate change: The role of the UN Economic Commission for Europe
  • Case Note
    • Jonathan Verschuuren, The State of the Netherlands v Urgenda Foundation: The Hague Court of Appeal upholds judgment requiring the Netherlands to further reduce its greenhouse gas emissions