The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Policy and Law

by Springer Nature Switzerland

Overview

The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Policy and Law provides readers with information on developments in the two fields of environmental policy and environmental law in both developed and developing countries. In particular, the Handbook analyses policies and statutes used at the local, regional, national, and international level in locations of differing climates, governance, and levels of development that aim to protect the environment and ensure ecologically sustainable development. Furthermore, the Handbook not only examines the substance of these policies and laws, but also enforcement challenges, alternative legal mechanisms for advancing environmental policies, the role of market-based instruments in addressing environmental problems, and constitutional restrictions on environmental regulation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031553868
Publisher:	Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication date:	08/13/2025
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Futures
Edition description:	1st ed. 2024
Pages:	613
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert Brears is the author of several books focused on water security and the green economy and EiC for two Palgrave MRWs. He is also a Palgrave Series Editor (Climate Resilient Societies). He is a Director on the International Board of the Indo Global Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture, and founder of Mitidaption & Mark and Focus. Previously he was a Visiting Scholar (non-resident) at the Center for Conflict Studies at MIIS, Monterey, United States. He is a contributing author for the World Bank's Water Blog, United Nations Industrial Development Organization's Making It Magazine, Green Growth Knowledge Platform’s Insight Blog, Johns Hopkins University’s Water Magazine, China Water Risk, Water Online and RepRisk. Robert has published widely on water security, water resources management, and related issues, and has conducted field research around the world, including Antarctica.

Dr Jade Lindley is an Associate Professor at The University of Western Australia (UWA) Law School and is a Member of the UWA Oceans Institute. She is an expert in transnational organized crime and its nexus with international law. Jade teaches and has published extensively in this space, particularly as it relates to maritime and environmental crimes including illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, often linked to small island developing states.

Table of Contents

Preface.- Biodiversity Section.- Climate Change Section.- Economics and Business.- Oceans and Marine Life Section.- Responsible Production and Consumption Section.- Education Section.- Environmental Justine Section.- Index.