“This article outlines a critical approach to the emerging discourse of transnational environmental law. It highlights how transboundary activities and organisational structures increasingly shape environmental law, and how legal discourse interprets these developments. In particular, the article unpacks the manifold transnational regulatory structures and explains their interactions with state-made environmental law. It also discusses the …
“This article outlines a critical approach to the emerging discourse of transnational environmental law. It highlights how transboundary activities and organisational structures increasingly shape environmental law, and how legal discourse interprets these developments. In particular, the article unpacks the manifold transnational regulatory structures and explains their interactions with state-made environmental law. It also discusses the …
'For several decades, philanthropists in the United States have played a behind‐the‐scenes role in framing climate change as a social problem. These foundations have defined climate change primarily as a pollution problem solvable by enacting a price on carbon and by shifting markets in the direction of renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency practices. Funding …
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in International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (forthcoming).https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10784-018-9398-9
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"In light of even more dire news about our warming planet, leading thinkers tell us the one thing cities and states could do to cut emissions significantly—and fast." https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/10/local-climate-actions-biggest-impact/572608/
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"In light of even more dire news about our warming planet, leading thinkers tell us the one thing cities and states could do to cut emissions significantly—and fast." https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/10/local-climate-actions-biggest-impact/572608/
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Educational and academic institutions surely have a role model to play on climate change mitigation."After a long process of implementing energy-efficiency measures and installing solar arrays and battery storage, Maui College is ready to cut ties with fossil fuels forever."https://www.fastcompany.com/40544546/this-college-wants-to-be-the-first-100-renewable-campus-in-the-u-s?utm_source=EHN&utm_campaign=8377ce079f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8573f35474-8377ce079f-99406733
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"Companies face world where falling cost of solar and wind power pushes down prices" https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/mar/16/eon-rwe-asset-swap-shakeup-german-energy-renewables?utm_source=EHN&utm_campaign=f0fba14ec3-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8573f35474-f0fba14ec3-99406733
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