Monday, July 15, 2024

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

The latest issue of the Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law (Vol. 33, no. 2, July 2024) is out. Contents include:
  • Special Issue: Law in a hyperconnected world: Joining the dots for sustainable futures
    • Katherine Owens & Hannah James, Embedding technology at the grassroots: Strategies for localising technology transfer under the UNFCCC technology mechanism
    • Pasha L. Hsieh, Shaping green regionalism: New trade law approaches to environmental sustainability
    • Ying Zhu, A quasi-normative conflict: Resolving the tension between investment treaties and climate action
    • Tien Dat Hoang, Reassessing environmental protection in international investment agreements: The case of Vietnam
    • Rachel Phang & Yaru Chia, Sustainability and the sunlight of disclosure: ESG disclosure in three Asian financial centres
    • Asanka Edirisinghe & Sandie Suchet-Pearson, Nature as a sentient being: Can rivers be legal persons?
  • General Articles
    • Clemens Kaupa, Is it still permissible under EU law to issue new permits for oil and gas extraction?
    • Mingzhe Zhu & Liyuan Fan, A comparative study of the judicial construction of scientific credibility in climate litigation
    • Michael Kalis & Anna-Lena Priebe, The right to climate protection and the essentially comparable protection of fundamental rights: Applying Solange in European climate change litigation?
    • Pontian Okoli & Etisang Abraham, In search of a sustainable future: A comparative assessment of climate change regimes in Nigeria and Kenya
    • Lovleen Bhullar, Green public procurement of pharmaceuticals as a regulatory response to antimicrobial resistance and its compatibility with the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement
    • Wen Duan & Luoyi Shen, The role of environmental impact assessments in the establishment and management of marine protected areas under the UNCLOS and the BBNJ Agreement
    • Jinyuan Su & Yanan Shi, The precautionary approach and challenges posed by mega-constellations
  • Case Note
    • Louise du Toit, Caiphas Soyapi, & Louis J. Kotzé, David versus Goliath? Indigenous people, carbon majors and climate litigation in South Africa