Tag: Environmental law and policy
Indigenous oral traditions encode ecological knowledge and norms
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Indigenous oral traditions encode ecological governance, environmental ethics, and resource management frameworks that challenge anthropocentric legal paradigms and offer relational approaches to.
Women-led movements combine culture, science, and law to protect rivers
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in LawWomen-led movements in Quito combine cultural engagement, scientific evidence, and legal action to protect contaminated rivers under Ecuador’s Rights of Nature paradigm.
Atrato River ruling showed limited substantive action
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in LawAnalysis of Colombia’s Atrato River rights of nature judgement reveals performative court orders that hinder substantive action despite advancing community guardian organizing.
Nested governance is seen as insufficient for planetary environmental crises
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Examining why global environmental governance fails to address planetary crises through fragmented multilateral agreements and proposing nested systems and world federation approaches for.
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.
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.
EU AI Act addresses environmental risks only indirectly
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EU AI Act’s regulatory framework addresses environmental impacts only indirectly through procedural mechanisms, leaving significant gaps in addressing lifecycle environmental risks from.
Industry pressured councils over clean air wood-burning campaigns
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.
