Green governance : ecological survival, human rights, and the law of the commons / / Burns H. Weston, David Bollier [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462824503321
• Autore: Weston Burns H. <1933-2015, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-139-61129-1; 1-107-23833-1; 1-139-61315-4; 1-139-62245-5; 1-283-94328-X; 1-139-62617-5; 1-139-60943-2; 1-139-54058-0; 1-139-61687-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvi, 363 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 344.04/6
• Soggetti: Environmental law - Philosophy; Human rights - Environmental aspects; Commons; Global commons; Environmental law, International - Philosophy; Environmental protection - International cooperation; Environmental justice
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Trends that point toward a new synthesis -- The human right to a clean and healthy environment -- The quest for a new rights-based pathway -- Making the conceptual transition to the new paradigm -- The commons as a model for ecological governance -- The rise of the commons movement globally -- Imagining a new architecture of law and policy to support the ecological commons -- Catalytic strategies for achieving green governance.
• Sommario/riassunto: The vast majority of the world's scientists agree: we have reached a point in history where we are in grave danger of destroying Earth's life-sustaining capacity. But our attempts to protect natural ecosystems are increasingly ineffective because our very conception of the problem is limited; we treat 'the environment' as its own separate realm, taking for granted prevailing but outmoded conceptions of economics, national sovereignty and international law. Green Governance is a direct response to the mounting calls for a paradigm shift in the way humans relate to the natural environment. It opens the door to a new set of solutions by proposing a compelling new synthesis of environmental protection based on broader notions of economics and human rights and on commons-based governance. Going beyond speculative abstractions, the book proposes a new architecture of environmental law and public policy that is as practical as it is theoretically sound.