Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Environmental law and policy

External reference: https://openalex.org/T12895

  1. Indian constitutional rights and practice remain separated
    Analysis of gaps between India's constitutional human rights protections and their implementation, examining judicial innovations and systemic barriers to rights realization.
  2. International law shapes climate change litigation
    Explore how international law shapes climate change litigation, from human rights obligations to corporate accountability through national courts.
  3. Climate ethics review finds justice and responsibility shape responses
    Literature review examining ethical frameworks and justice principles shaping climate policy responses across governance scales from 1990-2025.
  4. Indigenous oral traditions encode ecological knowledge and norms
    Indigenous oral traditions encode ecological governance, environmental ethics, and resource management frameworks that challenge anthropocentric legal paradigms and offer relational approaches to.
  5. Article maps shift from voluntary CSR to binding ESG rules
    Legal analysis of ESG regulation's evolution from voluntary CSR to mandatory disclosure, examining fragmentation and divergent frameworks between USA and EU governance approaches.
  6. Women-led movements combine culture, science, and law to protect rivers
    Women-led movements in Quito combine cultural engagement, scientific evidence, and legal action to protect contaminated rivers under Ecuador's Rights of Nature paradigm.
  7. Atrato River ruling showed limited substantive action
    Analysis of Colombia's Atrato River rights of nature judgement reveals performative court orders that hinder substantive action despite advancing community guardian organizing.
  8. Sport remedy systems remain fragmented for human rights claims
    Analysis of sport human rights remedy mechanisms and the role of public inquiries in creating coordinated institutional responses to discrimination, abuse, and labour violations.
  9. Nested governance is seen as insufficient for planetary environmental crises
    Examining why global environmental governance fails to address planetary crises through fragmented multilateral agreements and proposing nested systems and world federation approaches for.
  10. BRICS discourse challenges Western climate governance narratives
    Comparative legal discourse analysis of BRICS countries' positions on state climate obligations, examining how epistemological contestation challenges Western dominance in global climate governance.
  11. Past ESG misconduct is linked to lower later incident prevalence
    Study examines how severe corporate misconduct in EU firms signals institutional norms that reduce future ESG violations, supporting institutional learning and path dependency theory.
  12. Asia plays a marginal role in debt-for-nature swaps
    Explore why Asia accounts for only 13% of debt-for-nature swaps despite high debt and environmental needs. Discover which Asian economies are positioned for future transactions.
  13. Public interest litigation broadens access to justice in India
    Explore how Public Interest Litigation in India enables social justice by allowing representatives to petition courts for marginalized populations, expanding fundamental rights through landmark.
  14. EU AI Act addresses environmental risks only indirectly
    EU AI Act's regulatory framework addresses environmental impacts only indirectly through procedural mechanisms, leaving significant gaps in addressing lifecycle environmental risks from.
  15. ECtHR finds Switzerland breached climate-related obligations
    Landmark ECtHR ruling on climate rights: KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland establishes state obligations for climate mitigation and adaptation measures, expanding Article 8 protections to vulnerable.
  16. Industry pressure targeted clean air campaigns on wood burning
    Investigation documents industry pressure on one-third of UK councils to suppress clean air campaigns regarding wood burning stove emissions and associated public health risks.