The New Accountability: Environmental Responsibility Across BordersThe growth of pollution that crosses national borders represents a significant threat to human health and ecological sustainability. Various international agreements exist between countries to reduce risks to their populations, however there is often a mismatch between national territories of state responsibility and transboundary hazards. All too often, state priorities do not correspond to the priorities of the people affected by pollution, who often have little recourse against major polluters, particularly transnational corporations operating across national boundaries. Drawing on case studies, The New Accountability provides a fresh understanding of democratic accountability for transboundary and global harm and argues that environmental responsibility should be established in open public discussions about harm and risk. Most critically it makes the case that, regardless of nationality, affected parties should be able to demand that polluters and harm producers be held accountable for their actions and if necessary provide reparations. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Transnational Accountability for Environmental Harm | 16 |
Advocates for Environmental Accountability | 41 |
Citizenship Beyond National Borders? | 67 |
The World Trade Regime and Environmental Accountability | 88 |
Transnational Liability for Environmental Damage | 113 |
Other editions - View all
The New Accountability: Environmental Responsibility Across Borders Michael Mason Limited preview - 2012 |
The New Accountability: Environmental Responsibility Across Borders Michael Mason No preview available - 2005 |
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Aarhus Convention accountability norms action activists activities advocacy networks affected parties affected publics areas assessment Cambridge Chapter civil liability civil regulation claims communication concerns Conference cosmopolitan cross-border decision-making democratic ecological and social ecological harm economic environment and development environmental accountability environmental agreements environmental damage environmental harm environmental liability environmental obligations environmental protection extra-territorial Fund Convention global civil society Global Compact global environmental global justice movement groups harm prevention human rights international environmental law International Law Commission International Maritime Organization International Oil Pollution IOPC Fund liability conventions liability rules liberal marine maritime MEAs moral multilateral negotiations neoliberal non-national non-state actors oil pollution damage oil pollution liability organizations participation political pollution liability regime principle redress regulatory relevant representatives rule-making Secretariat significant social and ecological territorial TNCs trade and environment transboundary harm transboundary risks treaties United Nations University Press World Trade Organization
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Page 200 - Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 or of any amendment or Protocol thereto.
References to this book
International Documents on Environmental Liability Hannes Descamps,Robin Slabbinck,Hubert Bocken Limited preview - 2008 |