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A Global Pact for the Environment: Conceptual foundations
Author(s) -
Aguila Yann,
Viñuales Jorge E.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
review of european, comparative and international environmental law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2050-0394
pISSN - 2050-0386
DOI - 10.1111/reel.12277
Subject(s) - pact , perspective (graphical) , political science , conceptual framework , term (time) , expression (computer science) , regional science , management science , sociology , engineering , social science , computer science , law , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , programming language
This article introduces the conceptual foundations of the initiative towards the adoption of a Global Pact for the Environment. It first situates the search for a global framework instrument on environmental protection in a long‐term perspective and then discusses the main reasons why it is needed. Against this background, the article presents the current expression of this much broader trend, in the form of the initiative for a Global Pact for the Environment and the momentum it has generated in policy circles, first and foremost at the level of the United Nations General Assembly.