Environmental Justice in India

Environmental Justice in India
Author: Gitanjali Nain Gill
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2016-11-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317415612

Modern environmental regulation and its complex intersection with international law has led many jurisdictions to develop environmental courts or tribunals. Strikingly, the list of jurisdictions that have chosen to do this include numerous developing countries, including Bangladesh, Kenya and Malawi. Indeed, it seems that developing nations have taken the task of capacity-building in environmental law more seriously than many developed nations. Environmental Justice in India explores the genesis, operation and effectiveness of the Indian National Green Tribunal (NGT). The book has four key objectives. First, to examine the importance of access to justice in environmental matters promoting sustainability and good governance Second, to provide an analytical and critical account of the judicial structures that offer access to environmental justice in India. Third, to analyse the establishment, working practice and effectiveness of the NGT in advancing a distinctively Indian green jurisprudence. Finally, to present and review the success and external challenges faced and overcome by the NGT resulting in growing usage and public respect for the NGT’s commitment to environmental protection and the welfare of the most affected people. Providing an informative analysis of a growing judicial development in India, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental justice, environmental law, development studies and sustainable development.

Climate Change Justice

Climate Change Justice
Author: Eric A. Posner
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2010-02-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1400834406

A provocative contribution to the climate justice debate Climate change and justice are so closely associated that many people take it for granted that a global climate treaty should—indeed, must—directly address both issues together. But, in fact, this would be a serious mistake, one that, by dooming effective international limits on greenhouse gases, would actually make the world's poor and developing nations far worse off. This is the provocative and original argument of Climate Change Justice. Eric Posner and David Weisbach strongly favor both a climate change agreement and efforts to improve economic justice. But they make a powerful case that the best—and possibly only—way to get an effective climate treaty is to exclude measures designed to redistribute wealth or address historical wrongs against underdeveloped countries. In clear language, Climate Change Justice proposes four basic principles for designing the only kind of climate treaty that will work—a forward-looking agreement that requires every country to make greenhouse-gas reductions but still makes every country better off in its own view. This kind of treaty has the best chance of actually controlling climate change and improving the welfare of people around the world.

Climate Justice

Climate Justice
Author: Henry Shue
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2014
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0198713703

Climate change is the most difficult threat facing humanity this century and negotiations to reach international agreement have so far foundered on deep issues of justice. Providing provocative and imaginative answers to key questions of justice, informed by political insight and scientific understanding, this book offers a new way forward.

Climate Justice

Climate Justice
Author: Randall Abate
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Climate change mitigation
ISBN: 9781585761814

Softbound - New, softbound print book.

Climate Justice and Historical Emissions

Climate Justice and Historical Emissions
Author: Lukas H. Meyer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2017-02-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108107605

This volume investigates who can be considered responsible for historical emissions and their consequences, and how and why this should matter for the design of a just global climate policy. The authors discuss the underlying philosophical issues of responsibility for historical emissions, the unjust enrichment of the earlier developed nations, and questions of transitional justice. By bringing together a plurality of perspectives, both in terms of the theoretical understanding of the issues and the political perspectives on the problem, the book also presents the remaining disagreements and controversies in the debate. Providing a systematic introduction to the debate on historical emissions and climate change, this book provides an unbiased and authoritative guide for advanced students, researchers and policymakers in climate change justice and governance, and more widely, for anyone interested in the broader issues of global justice.

Climate Change Litigation: Global Perspectives

Climate Change Litigation: Global Perspectives
Author: Ivano Alogna
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 567
Release: 2021-04-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 900444761X

This ground-breaking volume provides analyses from experts around the globe on the part played by national and international law, through legislation and the courts, in advancing efforts to tackle climate change, and what needs to be done in the future. Published under the auspices of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), the volume builds on an event convened at BIICL, which brought together academics, legal practitioners and NGO representatives. The volume offers not only the insights from that event, but also additional materials, sollicited to offer the reader a more complete picture of how climate change litigation is evolving in a global perspective, highlighting both opportunities, and constraints.

Climate Justice in India

Climate Justice in India
Author: Prakash Kashwan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2022-10-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1009171917

Academics, activists, and artists offer historically and socially grounded perspectives on climate justice in Indian society and politics.

Human Rights and Economic Inequalities

Human Rights and Economic Inequalities
Author: Gillian MacNaughton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2021-09-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1316518698

This interdisciplinary volume examines the potential of human rights to challenge economic inequalities and their adverse impacts on human wellbeing.

What Climate Justice Means And Why We Should Care

What Climate Justice Means And Why We Should Care
Author: Elizabeth Cripps
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2022-02-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1472991834

We owe it to our fellow humans – and other species – to save them from the catastrophic harm caused by climate change. Philosopher Elizabeth Cripps approaches climate justice not just as an abstract idea but as something that should motivate us all. Using clear reasoning and poignant examples, starting from irrefutable science and uncontroversial moral rules, she explores our obligations to each other and to the non-human world, unravels the legacy of colonialism and entrenched racism, and makes the case for immediate action. The second half of the book looks at solutions. Who should pay the bill for climate action? Who must have a say? How can we hold multinational companies, organisations – even nations – to account? Cripps argues powerfully that climate justice goes beyond political polarization. Climate activism is a moral duty, not a political choice.