| Author | : Burns H. Weston |
| File Size | : 50,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 21 January 2013 |
| ISBN | : 9781139620598 |
| Pages | : null pages |
Green Governance by Burns H. Weston Book PDF Summary
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.