Dear Colleague, Happy New Year to you! To kick off 2023, we are proud to present the new issue of Environmental Policy and Law (EPL). The special issue, Volume 52, Issue 5/6, is dedicated entirely to UNFCCC@30 and Beyond, and represents EPL’s scholarly quest to find ideas for decision-makers, within the limits of time and space. Scholarly contributions are organized in four parts. Part I deals with issues of taking the global climate change regulation from a common concern to a planetary concern; a stocktaking and trusting the UNFCCC regime at the age of thirty and examining the climate regulation from the prism ofjus cogens norm. Part II comprises different facets of the 2015 Paris Agreement such as ambition as a legal concept and climate litigation; employing combination of tools and actors for better enforcement and the symbiosis of human rights and climate change. Part III addresses seminal issues of the gender factor such as the cost of climate change heightened sexual and gender-based violence; repositioning the gender in the climate discourse and the UNCRC General Comment No.26. Finally, Part IV has two aspects of concerns about backtracking on climate action and the quest for a reparative climate legal regime. We invite you to read these articles via the links below. In addition, please find our latest webinars, new blogs as well as author guidelines to submit your research. With warm regards, Bharat H. Desai
Editor-in-Chief |
Editorial
The Climate Change Conundrum
Desai, Bharat H. RESEARCH ARTICLES
Regulating Global Climate Change: From Common Concern to Planetary Concern
Desai, Bharat H. The UNFCCC Regime at a Crossroads: Can You Trust Anyone Over 30? +
Doelle, Meinhard Global Climate Change Action as a Jus Cogens Norm: Some Legal Reflections on the Emerging Evidence
Marmolejo Cervantes, Miguel Ángel | Roeben, Volker | Solís, Lisa Reilly Ambition as a Legal Concept in the Paris Agreement and Climate Litigation: Some Reflections
Rehbinder, Eckard The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A Subtle Combination of Tools and Actors for Better Enforcement? +
Hautereau-Boutonnet, Mathilde | Maljean-Dubois, Sandrine The Paris Agreement: A Symbiosis for the Protection of Human Rights and Climate Change? +
Ruppel, Oliver C. | Dobers, Cleo The Cost of Climate Change Heightened Sexual and Gender-based Violence: A Challenge for International Law
Desai, Bharat H. | Mandal, Moumita Repositioning Gender: Past, Present and Future +
Maguire, Rowena | Carter, George | Mangubhai, Sangeeta | Lewis, Bridget | Harris Rimmer, Susan Strengthening Intergenerational Equity at the Ocean-Climate Nexus: Reflections on the UNCRC General Comment No.26 +
Morgera, Elisa | Lennan, Mitchell Backtracking on Climate Action by the Developed Countries: Some Reflections of a Negotiator
Tirumurti, T.S. Climate-Induced Migration: The Need for a Reparative Legal Regime +
Junker, Kirk W. | Münster, Saskia | Shinde, Mrinalini |
Watch Webinars on The Human Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment EPL's Editor-in-Chief Bharat H. Desai and a panel of experts have discussed UNGA's decision to recognize the "Human Right to a Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment."
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a landmark resolution 76/300 on 28 July 2022 on the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. It follows the Human Rights Council resolution 48/13 of 8 October 2021. The first webinar, held in September, and the second webinar, held in December, seek to make sense of the global significance of this advent of this normative development soon after the Stockholm+50 Conference (2–3 June 2022). Click the visuals below to watch the webinars on IOS Press's YouTube channel: |
Our journal's website is a vital portal where the EPL community can stay informed about the latest news, recent publications and upcoming webinars. | Global Climate Change as a Planetary Concern: A Wake-Up Call for the Decision-makers
In the wake of COP27, Prof. Bharat H. Desai assesses what, if anything, was achieved at the conference and whether those with the power to address the challenges of climate change are truly ready to tackle this ‘planetary concern’. Read his poignant blog. View |
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Most Read EPL Articles in 2022 Listing articles published in the IOS Press Content Libary in 2021 & 2022 The Responsibility of the Indonesian Government to Fulfill the Rights to Water During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Some Legal Issues (Research Article in Vol.51, Iss.5, 2021) – Openly Available
Astriani, Nadia | Rubiati, Betty | Adharani, Yulinda | Afifah, Siti Sarah | Salsabila, Rewita | Diffa, Rizkia Role of Climate Change in Exacerbating Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Women: A New Challenge for International Law (Research Article in Vol.51, Iss.3, 2021) – Openly Available
Desai, Bharat H. | Mandal, Moumita A Regional Review of Genetic Resource Access and Benefit Sharing – Key Issues and Research Gaps (Research Article in Vol.51, Iss.5, 2021) – Open Access
Morrison, Clare | Humphries, Fran | Lawson, Charles State Sovereignty in the Planetary Management of Natural Resources (Research Article in Vol.51, Iss.1/2, 2021) – Open Access
Schrijver, Nico J. The Repurposed UN Trusteeship Council for the Future (Research Article in Vol.52, Iss.3-4, 2022) – Openly Available
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