Opportunities for strengthening international action on ocean acidification through existing Multilateral Environmental Agreements
By Dr. Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Law and Policy Ocean acidification was first recognised as an emergent threat to marine systems in 1999. Over the past two decades scientific understanding of the issue has grown exponentially and it is now well understood that changing ocean chemistry due to the absorption of anthropogenic carbon […]
The UN Human Rights Council recognizes the right to a healthy environment and appoints a new Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change. What does it all mean?
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Ecological futurists at work- Moving forward on global ocean governance
Dr. Sabaa A. Khan, Postdoctoral Researcher. The UN Ocean Conference took place from 5 to 9 June 2017 at the UN Headquaters in New York. The historic Conference closed just a few weeks prior to the fourth session of the Preparatory Committee established by UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292 on development of a new legally-binding instrument […]
E-waste realities and legal utopias- Labourers lost in translation
Sabaa A. Khan, Postdoctoral researcher, International Environmental Law, PhD. “Does the law exist for the purpose of furthering the ambitions of those who have sworn to uphold the law, or is it seriously to be considered as a moral, unifying force, the health and strength of a nation?” James Baldwin. No Name in the Street. 1972. The massive amount […]