Common but Differentiated Responsibility
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The research study encompasses a critical analysis of the existing international environmental law principles. The emphasis has been laid on the shortcomings of the principles with a view to assess their efficacy in dealing with... more
Environmental justice lies at the heart of many environmental disputes between the global North and the global South as well as grassroots environmental struggles within nations. However, the discourse of international environmental law... more
The Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET) standard in international investment law has become an indispensable tool for the foreign investors to bring claims against host countries. These claims largely relates to sectors which are directly... more
The right to development is still largely viewed as aspirational and not as a ‘proper’ legal right. This chapter explores if and how a rights-based approach to development could ever be carried to its logical conclusion; by holding states... more
Using the basic proposition that all people have equal rights to the Earth’s atmosphere the Blueprint advances a coherent, integrated framework which, if adopted, would: (i) help quantify the rights of historically low emitting countries... more
Ethics in managing climate change most often involves two issues that are tightly connected. The first involves considerations about the just distribution of entitlements and burdens, and the second concerns the fair differentiation of... more
The largest problem the world is witnessing today is climate change which will significantly alter the distribution and function of most of the world's natural systems. The carbon footprint of India is very small with per capita emission... more
Written in 2018 and 2019 in Geneva, this thesis combined insights from working 6 months at UN Environment in the reporting branch of SAICM as well as combining classic international law knowledge when undertaking the LL.M in International... more
Ethical challenges concerning climate change most often involve two issues that are tightly connected. The first is considerations about the just distribution of entitlements and burdens, and the second concerns the fair differentiation... more
In the Cancun Adaptation Framework, the parties to the United Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed “that adaptation is a challenge faced by all Parties, and that enhanced action and international cooperation is urgently required... more
This chapter examines the numerous forms of “loss and damage” experienced by poor and racialized communities who reside in the sacrifice zones of the fossil fuel-based world economy (carbon capitalism), including displacement,... more
Using the basic proposition that all people have equal rights to the Earth’s atmosphere the Blueprint advances a coherent, integrated framework which, if adopted, would: (i) help quantify the rights of historically low emitting countries... more