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Yearbook of International Environmental Law
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Hybrid journal (It can contain Open Access articles)
ISSN (Print) 0965-1721 - ISSN (Online) 2045-0052
Published by Oxford University Press

[412 journals]

Submission of Articles
- Abstract: The Editors-in-Chief welcome the submission of articles to the Yearbook of International Environmental Law. Manuscripts should be sent to any of the following addresses:
  PubDate: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvaa004
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
From the Editors-in-Chief
- Authors: Desai B; Gavouneli M, Koivurova T.
  Abstract: The Yearbook of International Environmental Law (YIEL) is inching closer to the completion of a full three decades of existence. Over the years, an effort has been made to provide an authoritative reference source for connoisseurs of international environmental law. As a corollary, this volume (29) has sought to provide thematic focus on the ‘foundations of international environmental law’ at a time of great perplexity in the field. It seems to be an appropriate time for reflection as the world will celebrate in 2022 fifty years of the historic Stockholm Conference, which took place in 1972. The period has witnessed phenomenal growth in international environmental law instruments (both hard and soft) to regulate the environmental behaviour of sovereign states. Therefore, this volume was intended to serve as a springboard to examine some of the ideas put into practice in the last five decades.
  PubDate: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvaa001
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
Making Sense of the International Environmental Law-Making Process at a
Time of Perplexity
- Authors: Desai B.
  Pages: 3 - 32
  PubDate: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz063
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
Inter-State Fresh Water Dispute Resolution: Some Reflections on River
Basin Organizations as Arbitral Institutions
- Authors: Meshel T.
  Pages: 55 - 76
  PubDate: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz064
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
The Evolution of Local Involvement in International Conservation Law
- Authors: Sellheim N.
  Pages: 77 - 102
  PubDate: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz065
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
3. Transboundary Environmental Co-operationC. Non-Compliance Procedures
- Authors: Marsden S.
  Pages: 115 - 118
  Abstract: Given the growing significance of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) since it became a global treaty in 2016, this report will again focus on the Implementation Committee (IC) of the Water Convention and the related Compliance Committee (CC) under its Protocol on Water and Health.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz021
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
5. Armed Conflict and the Environment
- Authors: Upadhyay S.
  Pages: 119 - 121
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz022
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
6. Indigenous Peoples
- Authors: Errico S.
  Pages: 121 - 125
  Abstract: This report analyses developments under international law processes concerning Indigenous peoples and the environment that occurred in the past year. It will address the following themes: the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in the Rural Areas and Indigenous peoples and climate change, looking, in particular, at the recently established Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform Facilitative Working Group and the Indigenous Peoples Policy of the Green Climate Fund.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz023
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
2. Ozone Layer
- Authors: Bhat S; Zadu R.
  Pages: 127 - 132
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz003
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
3. Global Climate
- Authors: Obergassel W; Arens C, Hermwille L, et al.
  Pages: 132 - 140
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz004
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
1. Regional Seas
- Authors: Nikodinovska Krstevska A.
  Pages: 141 - 148
  PubDate: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz005
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
2. Marine PollutionB. Vessel Source Pollution
- Authors: Kirchner S.
  Pages: 148 - 152
  Abstract: In the past year, there have been significant developments in regard to the international cooperation to limit pollution by ships. On 1 January 2020, global sulphur limits will enter into force. These limits were agreed upon years ago as part of the step-by-step approach visible in Regulation 14 of Annex VI to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL Convention), but it was the practical need on the part of the maritime industry to prepare for these new standards that allowed for steps towards greener shipping in other directions.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz006
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
C. Ocean Dumping
- Authors: Harrison J.
  Pages: 152 - 156
  Abstract: The fortieth consultative meeting of the contracting parties to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) and the thirteenth meeting of the contracting parties to the London Protocol took place on 5–9 November at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) headquarters in London (IMO, Report of the Fortieth Consultative Meeting and the Thirteenth Meeting of Contracting Parties (IMO Report), IMO Doc LC40/16, 5–9 November 2018 <https://docs.imo.org/Category.aspx'cid=71>). The meetings reviewed the current status of the two dumping treaties and also noted developments on the major strands of the current work program. In terms of output, the meetings were not particularly notable. Nevertheless, progress was made on a number of important issues that are likely to lead to outputs at the next annual meetings in 2019.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz007
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
1. International Transfer of Restricted or Prohibited Substances
- Authors: Suzuki Y.
  Pages: 157 - 159
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz002
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
1. Deep Seabed and Ocean Floor
- Authors: Warnock C.
  Pages: 161 - 169
  Abstract: The first part of this report summarizes the activities of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) for the past year. The second part notes the activities during 2018, if any, of other international bodies with a legal remit concerning the deep seabed and ocean floor and other relevant legal developments.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz024
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
3. Antarctica
- Authors: Puig-Marcó R.
  Pages: 169 - 174
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz025
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
4. Arctic
- Authors: VanderZwaag D.
  Pages: 174 - 181
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz059
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
2. Coastal Zone Management
- Authors: Suman D; Shivlani M.
  Pages: 183 - 194
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz044
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
3. Trade in Endangered Species
- Authors: Ahmad M.
  Pages: 195 - 201
  Abstract: This report covers the important developments related to trade in endangered species, focusing on developments concerning the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and other related important events/developments in the past year.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz026
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
5. Forests
- Authors: Sidhu B; Singhh A.
  Pages: 201 - 204
  Abstract: The past year witnessed major developments in connection with forestry issues.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz045
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
2. Canada
- Authors: Smith A; Mills Taylor L.
  Pages: 205 - 209
  Abstract: Canada has a federal system of government in which the lines between provincial and federal authority are not always clearly delineated. The provinces are granted authority over non-renewable natural resources under section 92A of the Constitution Act, 1867, and, by consequence, provincial legislatures enact most environmental legislation. However, the federal government arguably has concurrent jurisdiction over the environment where it touches on a federal head of power (Constitution Act, 1867, s. 91), such as the regulation of trade and commerce, which can be taken to involve matters of an interprovincial nature (Reference re Securities Act, [2011] 3 SCR 837, 2011 SCC 66 at para. 75). The past year saw major legislative developments at the federal level, as the government of Canada enacted a carbon tax in the form of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (GGPPA) (SC 2018, c. 12, s. 186) and proposed amendments to the environmental assessment process under Bill C-69 (An Act to Enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator, to Amend the Navigation Protection Act and to Make Consequential Amendments to Other Acts (2018), 3rd Reading, 20 June 2018 <http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-69/third-reading#enH2128>).
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz046
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
4. Mexico
- Authors: Solano P; Flores D, Moreno R.
  Pages: 209 - 217
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz047
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
5. South AmericaA. Colombia
- Authors: Zapata Lugo J.
  Pages: 217 - 219
  Abstract: This report contains important aspects regarding regulations issued in Colombia during 2018 relative to environmental protection within the view of sustainable development, international treaties, and international soft law instruments. Therefore, it presents the laws, decrees, and resolutions issued by the Colombian Congress and Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development ranging from the issuance of guidelines for the management of climate change to the creation of the so-called ‘Centers for Environmental Dialogue.’ Similarly, reference is made to the decisions of the Constitutional Court in regard to prior consultation and concentration between national and territorial entities during the decisions related to projects of national interest. Colombia continues to be a strong promoter of the environmental rule of law as well as case law that seeks to further the objectives of sustainable development.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz048
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
B. Peru
- Authors: López Zamora L.
  Pages: 220 - 226
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz049
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
D. Brazil
- Authors: de Andrade P; de Oliveira C.
  Pages: 227 - 232
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz008
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
E. Chile
- Authors: Tomaselli A.
  Pages: 232 - 239
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz050
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
F. Caribbean Region
- Authors: Shivlani M; Muñoz V, Butler K, et al.
  Pages: 239 - 243
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz027
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
6. Nordic CountriesB. Finland
- Authors: Honkonen T; Romppanen S.
  Pages: 243 - 249
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz051
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
C. Norway
- Authors: das Neves M.
  Pages: 249 - 255
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz052
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
D. Sweden
- Authors: Josefsson H.
  Pages: 255 - 258
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz053
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
7. Baltic States
- Authors: Kirchner S.
  Pages: 259 - 261
  Abstract: As in past years, legal developments in domestic environmental law in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania focused mainly on the implementation of norms set by the European Union (EU). The three countries gained statehood early in the twentieth century but had been occupied by the Soviet Union for several decades and were able to exercise their sovereignty again only since the early 1990s. Essentially, the three nations missed out on many of the domestic developments regarding environmental law that happened in Western Europe between the 1970s and the 1990s. After the three countries—which, despite often being seen as one group due to geographical proximity and shared history, are culturally and legally distinct from each other—joined the EU in 2004, their domestic legal systems benefited from the harmonization of legal norms, including in the field of environmental law. For many purposes, the legislative efforts in the three countries are mirroring developments in the EU.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz054
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
8. Western EuropeA. Austria
- Authors: Septimus (Bratrschovsky K.
  Pages: 261 - 267
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz055
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
C. Portugal
- Authors: de Brito Fernandes M.
  Pages: 267 - 270
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz056
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
G. The Netherlands
- Authors: de Graaf K; Tolsma H.
  Pages: 270 - 277
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz028
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
9. East, Central, and Southern EuropeB. Poland
- Authors: Słok-Wódkowska M.
  Pages: 277 - 279
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz029
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
E. Greece
- Authors: Ntona M; Asimakopoulou E.
  Pages: 279 - 286
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz030
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
F. Serbia
- Authors: Kamberović S.
  Pages: 287 - 293
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz031
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
H. Montenegro
- Authors: Kostić-Mandić M.
  Pages: 293 - 296
  Abstract: The most significant event in 2018 in the area of environment protection was related to the European integration process. Chapter 27, one of the most complicated and expensive chapters in the process of joining the European Union (EU), opened for negotiations between Montenegro and the EU at the Intergovernmental Conference that was held on 10 December in Brussels. Most of the activities of importance to international environmental law are in those areas that have not been regulated so far or significant measures that could not be enforced because they were costly. Primarily, this refers to the fields of climate change and waste management.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz009
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
10. Russian Federation
- Authors: Krasnova I.
  Pages: 297 - 301
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz010
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
12. South AsiaA. India
- Authors: Desai B; Mandal M.
  Pages: 301 - 310
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz011
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
B. Bangladesh
- Authors: Karim M; Islam M.
  Pages: 310 - 316
  Abstract: This report covers environment-related legal and other developments in Bangladesh for the year 2018. Even though the major focus of the year politically was on the general election held in December, the ruling party undertook several commendable initiatives on environmental affairs ranging from enacting new laws to implementing different rules, policies, directions, and so on, aimed at conserving the environment, biodiversity, and wildlife. It is worth mentioning that Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable nations in terms of global warming, climate change, and diverse natural disasters. Moreover, the growing decline of biodiversity, the rise of sea levels, catastrophic floods, cyclones, and drought are very common environmental hazards in this country, in which mostly the poor are affected (<http://www.bd.undp.org/content/bangladesh/en/home/operations/projects/environment_and_energy.html>).
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz012
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
13. Southeast AsiaB. Indonesia
- Authors: Salahuddin M.
  Pages: 317 - 325
  Abstract: On 16–17 January, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry conducted a two-day Climate Festival in Jakarta. The festival included various activities, such as the presentation of a climate strategic plan, workshop, and seminar, exhibition, and dialogue with school students. The main aim of the festival was to inform the general public about the achievements of the ministry in the last three years of efforts to combat climate change negative impacts and to increase public participation through the nationally determined contribution. Indonesia committed to reducing 29 percent of emissions by its own efforts and 41 percent through international supports. These targets would be achieved in several sectors: forestry (17.2 percent), energy (11 percent), agriculture (0.325 percent), industry (0.10 percent), and waste management (0.38 percent) (Doc. SP.006/HUMAS/PP/HMS.3/01/2018 <http://ppid.menlhk.go.id/siaran_pers/browse/0978>). In the forestry sector, the United Nations (UN) scheme to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+) played an important role in these targets. Indonesia, through its ministry, has developed and prepared infrastructure to implement REDD+, which includes Forest Reference Emission Levels, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification. The ministry also prepared an information system for implementing REDD+ and a funding mechanism at the national and sub-national levels (Doc. SP.21/HUMAS/PP/HMS.3/01/2018 <http://ppid.menlhk.go.id/siaran_pers/browse/0993>).
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz013
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
14. Northeast AsiaA. Japan
- Authors: Watanabe R.
  Pages: 325 - 335
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz014
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
B. China
- Authors: Xi W; Haibo X.
  Pages: 335 - 345
  Abstract: The past year was a milestone in the history of ecological conservation and environmental protection in China. The concept of ecological civilization is written into the Constitution. The 2018 National Working Conference on Environmental Protection was held to carry out the thoughts on the ecological civilization of the Chinese Communist Party. Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country will fight a good battle against pollution and push ecological civilization to a new level. As a result of the re-organization of the government, a new Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) was established, which replaced the previous Ministry of Environmental Protection. The tough battles on the prevention and control of pollution, listed as one of ‘the three tough battles’ that China aims to win in the next three years, according to the Central Financial and Economic Working Conference, started well, and the initial battle was successful. In the Report on the Work of the Government in 2018 delivered at the second session of the thirteenth National People’s Congress, Li Keqiang, premier of the State Council, pointed out: ‘Pollution prevention and control was strengthened, and PM 2.5 density continued to fall. Remarkable achievements were made in ecological conservation.’
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz015
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
C. Korea
- Authors: Lee J.
  Pages: 345 - 355
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz016
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
15. AfricaA. General Report
- Authors: Karpe P.
  Pages: 355 - 362
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz017
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
18. Australia
- Authors: Jukić E; Young M.
  Pages: 363 - 373
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz018
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
1. International Court of Justice (ICJ)
- Authors: Sidhu B.
  Pages: 375 - 381
  Abstract: In 2018, the ICJ gave its final decision in six cases even as six new cases came on its docket. The ICJ delivered judgments in only five cases. The judgments were on the issues of jurisdiction and admissibility in one case while on the merits in the other four cases. At the end of the year, the court proceedings continued at different phases in sixteen contentious cases and one request for advisory opinion. However, only two of the sixteen cases involved issues pertaining to the environment and international environmental law. Section 2 deals with the developments on these cases.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz019
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
3. International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
- Authors: García-Revillo M.
  Pages: 381 - 383
  Abstract: ITLOS is an autonomous specialized international judicial organ established pursuant the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). It is composed of twenty-one independent judges elected from among specialists in the law of the sea by the Meeting of States Parties to UNCLOS, according to a method that intends to assure an equitable geographical representation. The composition of ITLOS is renewed by thirds every three years. Regretfully, former judge and president of ITLOS (1999–2002), Paul Chandrasekhara Rao, who was part of the original composition of ITLOS in 1996 and served in this tribunal until 2017, passed away on 11 October.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz058
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
4. World Trade Organization (WTO) Disputes
- Authors: Raju K.
  Pages: 383 - 390
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz020
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
5. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- Authors: Ansari S; Babu R.
  Pages: 390 - 397
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz032
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
6. Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
- Authors: Desai B; Mandal M.
  Pages: 397 - 403
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz033
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
3. European Union (EU)
- Authors: Septimus (Bratrschovsky K.
  Pages: 405 - 416
  PubDate: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz034
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
4. Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- Authors: Kumar A.
  Pages: 416 - 422
  Abstract: Since its inception in 1992, the GEF has been working continuously as the premier international financial mechanism for the protection of the global environment and promotion of sustainable development. It serves as an effective financial mechanism for several important international environmental conventions such as the Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and the Minamata Convention on Mercury. It also funds projects in the areas of international waters and sustainable forest management in consonance with the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea, the United Nations Forum on Forest Management, and the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment. It works with eighteen agencies, including United Nations (UN) agencies, multilateral development banks, and national entities with adequate funds and grants managed by the GEF Council and the World Bank, with the assistance of the Secretariat and the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz035
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
>6. International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Authors: Mazhuvanchery S.
  Pages: 423 - 432
  Abstract: Editorial note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, we were unable to include the 2017 report in last year's volume, and, for that reason, it is included here.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz036
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
9. Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
- Authors: Solano P; Moyer R.
  Pages: 433 - 441
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz037
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
14. United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
- Authors: Desai B.
  Pages: 441 - 448
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz038
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
15. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Authors: Mekouar M.
  Pages: 448 - 468
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz057
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
16. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
- Authors: Jha A.
  Pages: 469 - 476
  Abstract: The common will of the nations of the world is heard at the meetings of the UNGA. Protection of the environment and sustainable development have been brought to the centre stage in its deliberations over the years. One of the major works of early 2018 was to elect eighteen members of the Economic and Social Council, which is the central platform at the United Nations (UN) level to reflect and debate on sustainable development. In another significant development, the UNGA, at its seventy-second session in May, adopted a resolution entitled Towards a Global Pact for the Environment on identifying the gaps in the existing international environmental law and to find out possibilities to convene a conference for the creation of a new instrument (Doc. A/RES/72/277). This was followed by another significant achievement by electing Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces of Ecuador, the first woman to earn such a position from Latin America and Caribbean countries, as the president of seventy-third session of the 193-member UNGA. She noted that during the seventy-third session, member states would debate 330 resolutions, hold 100 plenary meetings, take on thirty-four mandates, and commence thirteen inter-governmental processes of extreme importance. During her presidency, many important resolutions were adopted to promote sustainable development and to protect the environment. This report covers the significant work done by the various committees and organs of the UNGA in this field during this session.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz039
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
19. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Authors: Li N; Pacheco-Fabig M, Steed M.
  Pages: 476 - 492
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz060
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
21. World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Authors: Oh S.
  Pages: 492 - 494
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz040
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
23. International Whaling Commission (IWC)
- Authors: Wheen N.
  Pages: 495 - 505
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz041
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
24. Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural
Heritage (World Heritage Convention)
- Authors: Brandon E.
  Pages: 506 - 512
  Abstract: The forty-second session of the World Heritage Committee took place in Manama, Bahrain, from 24 June to 4 July. The committee praised the proactive role taken by the Secretariat in enhancing synergies between the World Heritage Convention and other culture- and biodiversity-related conventions as well as collaboration through the Biodiversity Liaison Group (Decision 42 COM 5A). Also noted were the findings and recommendations of two thematic studies on the recognition of associative values using world heritage criterion and the interpretation of sites of memory. The committee, furthermore, decided to convene an expert meeting on sites associated with memories of recent conflicts and to develop guidance on whether and how such sites might relate to the purpose and scope of the World Heritage Convention.
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz042
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
25. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Authors: Argyropoulou V.
  Pages: 512 - 514
  Abstract: Since 2015, when 193 states endorsed the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the IMF has been engaged in assisting states to meet such goals. The SDGs include, inter alia, actions for the planet, including climate actions. The IMF is, in this regard, providing assistance to countries to reduce their pricing carbon emissions and remove energy subsidies. The IMF has also introduced Climate Change Policy Assessments (CCPA) to help highly vulnerable countries prepare for the effects of climate disruption. The CCPA are a joint initiative by the IMF and the World Bank that aim to assist small states to understand and manage the expected economic impact of climate change while safeguarding long-term fiscal and external sustainability. In the past year, these included:
  PubDate: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz043
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger and Judge C.G. Weeramantry, eds.,
Sustainable Development Principles in the Decisions of International
Courts and Tribunals 1992–2012
- Authors: Doussis E.
  Pages: 517 - 519
  Abstract: SeggerMarie-Claire Cordonier and WeeramantryJudge C.G., eds., Sustainable Development Principles in the Decisions of International Courts and Tribunals 1992–2012 (London: Routledge, 2017), 883 pages.
  PubDate: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz067
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli, The Prevention Principle in International
Environmental Law
- Authors: Naik G.
  Pages: 522 - 525
  Abstract: Duvic-PaoliLeslie-Anne, The Prevention Principle in International Environmental Law (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018), 390 pages.
  PubDate: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz068
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
Anna Huggins, Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Compliance: The
Benefits of Administrative Procedures
- Authors: Pantazopoulos S.
  Pages: 525 - 528
  Abstract: HugginsAnna, Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Compliance: The Benefits of Administrative Procedures (London: Routledge, 2018), xii + 185 pages.
  PubDate: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvz066
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)
Erratum
- Pages: 529 - 529
  Abstract: 8. Western Europe
  PubDate: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvaa002
  Issue No: Vol. 29 (2020)