Global Environmental Law at a Crossroads

Edited by Robert V. Percival, Director, Environmental Law Program and Robert F. Stanton Professor of Law, University of Maryland Carey School of Law, US, Jolene Lin, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and William Piermattei, Managing Director, Environmental Law Program, University of Maryland Carey School of Law, US

• PART I: ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKSIntroduction1. Strengthening National Environmental Governance to Promote Sustainable Development. Scott Fulton and Steve Wolfson 2. The Future We Want and Constitutionally Enshrined Procedural Rights in Environmental Matters. James R. May and Erin Daly3. The Rights of Nature in Ecuador: An Opportunity to Reflect on Society, Law and Environment. Jordi Jaria i Manzano 4. Environmental NGOs and Sustainable Development in China. Yuhong ZhaoPART II: ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES – A WORLD TOUR5. The Middle East: Climate Change, Water Insecurity and Hydro-diplomacy. Itzchak Kornfeld6. Land Grabbing and Food Security in Ethiopia: The Dilemmas of Sustainable Development. Mekete Bekele Tekle7. Protecting Gifts from the Sea: Ocean Governance for Living Marine Resources after Rio +20. Anastasia Telesetsky8. Lost in Translation: Threatened Species Law in Australia. Jacqueline Williams, Amanda Kennedy, and Donna Craig 9. Environmental Justice in Nigeria’s Oil Industry: Recognizing and Embracing Contemporary Legal Developments. Rhuks Ako10. The Clean Development Mechanism and its Sustainable Development Premise: the Inadequacy of the Kyoto Protocol to Guarantee Climate Justice. Camille ParrodPART III: GOVERNANCE MODELS – LOOKING TO THE FUTURE 11. The Unbearable Tiredness of Sustainable Development (At Different Levels, Lately). Nicola Lugaresi12. Cap and Trade versus Carbon Tax to Mitigate Climate Change: One-Size-Fits-All Solution in China?Ping Chen and Frank Maes13. Environmental Law, Policy, and Governance: Environmental Management Systems for Cities. Lye Lin-Heng 14. Sustainable Management, a Sustainable Ethic? Trevor Daya-Winterbottom15. Payment of Ecosystem Services in Brazil: Between Efficiency and Equity. Ana Maria de Oliveira Nusdeo and Ana Luiza Garcia Campos16. European Union Climate Law & Practice at the End of the Kyoto Era: Unilateralism, Extraterritoriality and the Future of Global Climate Change Governance. Lorenzo Schiano di Pepe17. Legal Challenges in the Creation of a World Environmental OrganisationNils GoeteynIndex

‘Global Environmental Law at a Crossroads is well worth a read - it paints a thoughtful, multi-faceted picture of the current tides of environmental law in the various levels of it.’