Human rights and the environment : key issues - Atapattu, Sumudu A.; Schapper, Andrea (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019)
Human rights and environmental protection : framing the issues -- Emergence of a human right to a healthy environment -- Pros and cons of a human rights-based approach to environmental protection -- Regional developments -- Substantive rights -- Procedural rights -- Constitutional developments -- Selected national cases -- From UNFCCC to Paris agreement : a human rights assessment -- Social movements and civil society -- Vulnerability and climate change -- Mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage -- Extraterritorial application of environmental rights -- Business, human rights and the environment -- Intergenerational rights, animal rights, and the rights of nature and ecosystems -- Human rights and environment : square pegs in round holes?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Environmental law, International; Climatic changes -- Law and legislation; International law and human rights