Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development from Rio to Rio+20

Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Ph.D., University of Warsaw, is Professor of Public International Law at the School of Law, Queen Mary University of London. She has published extensively on international environmental law, the law of treaties, indigenous peoples and Arctic law. Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, Ph.D., University Aix-Marseille, is Director of research at CNRS and Director of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales et Communautaires. She has published extensively on international environmental law, the international climate regime and sustainable development.Stefania Negri, Ph.D., University of Salerno, is Associate Professor of International law at the School of Law and Director of the Observatory on Human Rights: Bioethics, Health, Environment. She has published extensively on human rights, international biolaw and health law.

• ContentsPreface ixMalgosia FitzmauriceNotes on contributors xIntroduction 1Stefania Negri and Sandrine Maljean-DuboisPART 1 The Legal and Institutional Framework1 The Normative Force of the Outcome Document “The Future We Want” - Brief Remarks 9Angela Di Stasi2 La gouvernance globale de l’environnement - Enjeux et perspectives après la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le développement durable « Rio+20 » 27Sandrine Maljean-Dubois3 Sustainable Development Partnerships as a Bridge between International Commitments and their National Implementation 40Carina Costa de OliveiraPART 2 The Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Development4 The Heritage Dimension of the Climate System and Its Protection for the Benefit of Mankind 65José Manuel Sobrino Heredia5 Climate Change and Natural Disasters 80Panos Merkouris6 La biodiversitéUn pilier pour le développement durable « post-Rio+20 » ? 100Sophie Lavallée7 Sustainable Development as Guideline for Oceans and Seas Governance 130Antonio Leandro8 Sound Management of Waste and Environmental Protection from Stockholm to Rio+20 143Teresa RussoPART 3 The Human, Social and Cultural Dimensions of Sustainable Development9 Elimination de la pauvreté, droits de l’homme et développement durable 161Hélène Tigroudja10 Food Security within the Framework of International Assistance for Development - Working towards Rural Sustainability for the Realization of the Right to Food 177Pia Acconci11 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 » 196Anna Oriolo and Anna Vigorito12 L’éducation au développement durable - Un droit de l’individu, un devoir de l’Etat 223Claudia Napoli13 Environmental Changes and Migration - Responses from Rio to Rio+20 and Beyond 239Rossana Palladino14 Sustainable Development and Global Health - Positioning Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda 264Stefania NegriPART 4 The Economic Dimension of Sustainable Development15 Energy and Policy Objectives in the Context of Rio+20 289Francesco Buonomenna16 La ville durable comme nouveau modèle de développement - Enjeux et perspectives 303Jérôme Dubois17 Challenges of Sustainable Development and Productive Use of Biodiversity - The Knowledge Based Bio-Economy Approach 323Elizabeth Hodson de Jaramillo and Ingrid Schuler18 Mining and Sustainable Development 334Leonardus Gerber and Francesco Sindico19 Nature, Culture and Sustainable Development in International Trade Law 353Valentina Vadi20 Brèves observations à propos du droit international et européen des organisms génétiquement modifies du point de vue du développement durable 378Estelle BrossetPostfaceRio+20+2 395Lucien ChabasonIndex 403