Governing the global commons: an ethical-legal framework

Governance of the Earth’s global ecological commons creates unprecedented challenges for humanity. Our traditional Westphalian state system was not designed to respond to these global challenges and thus far it has failed to transform. Climate change is the current headline issue; 30 years on and we...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, Prue
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Institute for Governance and Policy Studies & the School of Government 2017
Subjects:
global ecological commons
The Earth Charter
Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development
fiduciary obligations
United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights
ethics and international environmental law
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
emergent communitarian values
Ocean acidification
Online Access:https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/pq/article/view/4638
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Summary:Governance of the Earth’s global ecological commons creates unprecedented challenges for humanity. Our traditional Westphalian state system was not designed to respond to these global challenges and thus far it has failed to transform. Climate change is the current headline issue; 30 years on and we still swing between hope and despair about our collective ability to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Related issues are beginning to vie for our response: ocean acidification, mass species extinction, land use change and freshwater scarcity.

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