International law for environment

2.4 The Sources of International Environmental Law The challenges faced by international environmental law have been instru- mental in shaping not only its organisational features, but also the processes through which environmental norms are generated.

The material is structured into four parts 窶・Foundations, Substantive Regulation, Implementation, and International Environmental Law as a Perspective窶努hichhelpthereadertonavigatethedi ・erentareasofinternational environmental law.

83 3.4 Balance in International Environmental Law ensure participation of developing countries in the management of global environmental problems and to ensure that the development process takes place within certain environmental bounds.
TheseconsiderationsunderpinthetextofPrinciple7oftheRioDeclaration, which provides that:.

International environmental law (sometimes international ecological law) is a field of international law regulating the behavior of states and international organizations concerning the environment.
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2021–22 has been a busy period for international environmental law

A number of high-profile diplomatic conferences took place, some of them concerned with strengthening implementation of existing rules, with others focussed on negotiating new rules to fill gaps in the international legal framework for the protection of the environment

6 The Legal Environment of International Environmental Law the relationship between environmental norms and the other two categories ofnorms,itisnecessarytoexaminethesubstantialhierarchyofinternational environmental norms

This is, of course, an exercise that can only be carried out on a norm-by-norm basis

Environmental law is a foundation for environmental sustainability and the full realisation of its objectives is ever more urgent vis-à-vis growing environmental pressures

Violations of environmental law undermine the achievement of all dimensions of sustainable development and environmental sustainability