1st Edition

Ecological Integrity and International Law Peace, Public Health, and Global Security

362 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

362 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

362 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines how the principle of ecological integrity in international law and governance can help address our current global crises. The principle of ecological integrity points to the basic foundations that must exist for life – all life – not only to exist but also to flourish. Ecological integrity, or well-being, cuts across legal and geopolitical spheres, insofar as it is the... Read more

Section 1 – Ecological Integrity, Conflict, and Human Security 

1        Lessons from Ukraine: The Critical Role of Ecological Integrity in Times of War, Armed Conflict, and Occupation

Kathryn Gwiazdon

2        Unexpected Challenges for the European Green Deal: COVID-19, War in Ukraine, and the Energy Crisis

Eva Cudlínová, Roman Buchtele, Nikola Sagapova, Miloslav Lapka, and Antonín Hořčica

3        Shattered Rights, Emerging Economies and Laws, and New Awareness: What Ethical Visions in a Stormy Reality? The Trajectory of Emergency Powers

Marco Ettore Grasso

4        Global Food Systems: Challenges for an Ecological Perspective

Cristiane Derani

5        Food Security and Ecological Integrity: European Responses to Growing Global Instability

Alicia Epstein

6        Zero-Tolerance for Environmental Crimes: Going Scorched Earth to Save the World

Joseph M. Gabris 

Section 2 – Ecological Integrity and Climate Security 

7        The Political Morality of Adaptation: Recognition and Relationality in a Climate Changed World

Bruce Jennings

8        Ecological Integrity and Indigenous Farming Practices in Africa: Balancing Traditional Knowledge and Scientific Methods in Climate Adaptation

Ngozi Finette Unuigbe

9        A Healthy Environment, a Healthy Climate, and the Right to Health: European Union and International Developments

Ottavio Quirico

10    Lessons from World War II: Mobilizing Canada to Fight the Climate Crisis

Anne Venton

11    The Next Green Frontier: Legal Readiness for Climate Finance

Virginia Zambrano

12    A Nun, Some Children, Climate Change, and a Novel Duty of Care – Sharma Considered

Janice Gray 

Section 3 – Evolutions in Understanding Ecological Integrity 

13    Moving from Monocultures to Resilience

Geoffrey Garver and Cristiane Derani    

14    Sustainability and Recycling: The Scientific Approach

Renata Adami, Salvatore De Pasquale, and Maria Sarno

15    Which Legal Principles for the European Ecological Transition? The Case of the Circular Economy

Massimiliano Montini

16    The Double-Edged Sword: Reconciling How Developments in Public Health Equate to Increased Life Expectancy and Resource Depletion

Shauna M. Lange

17    Healthy Environment: Elaboration of a Clearly Defined Notion and Forms of Protection by European Administrative Courts

Emanuele Fratto Rosi Grippaudo

18    The Place of Public Policy Management Councils and Policy Conferences in Alleviating the Health Challenges in the Niger Delta

Nsikan-Abasi Odong 

Section 4 – Ecological Integrity for Peace 

19    Teaching Peace and Public Health Using Indigenous Law: The Educational and Pedagogical Challenges

Kathleen Mahoney

20    Indigenous Peacebuilding and Environmental Restorative Justice

Giada Giacomini

21    Indigenous Governments Exercising Environmental Law Jurisdiction: Hope for the Future?

Bradford W. Morse

22    Find the Law in Your Heart: The Role of Non-Local Intuition in Legal Reasoning

Orsolya Bányai

23    The Earth Charter Movement for Social Democracy and an Ecological Economy

Peter Venton

24    Earth Trusteeship: Unraveling the Mysteries of an Ecological Trust

Justin Sobion

25    Beyond Stockholm +50: Pushing for Earth Governance

Klaus Bosselmann

Biography

Klaus Bosselmann is Professor of Environmental Law and Founding Director of the New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Kathryn Gwiazdon is Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Ethics and Law and Professor of International Law, Northern Illinois University College of Law, United States.

Virginia Zambrano is Professor of Law at the University of Salerno, Italy.