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The Effectiveness of International Law in “Greening” the Economy: Challenges for the Developed and Developing World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Kamal Hossain*
Affiliation:
Dr. Kamal Hossain & Associates, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Abstract

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The Effectiveness of International Law in “Greening” the Economy
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2015

References

* Professors Bratspies, Esty, and Gehring did not submit remarks for the Proceedings.

1 Klaus Bosselmann, The Principle of Sustainability 37 (2008).

2 UN Secretary-General, Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development: Progress to date and remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits in the area of sustainable development, as well as an analysis of the themes of the Conference, UN Doc. A/CONF.216/PC/2 (Apr. 1, 2010).

3 Brand, Ulrich, Green Economy—The Next Oxymoron?, 21 GAIA–Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 28 (2012)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

4 UNEP, Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication 14 (2011), http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/Portals/88/documents/ger/ger_final_dec_2011/Green%20Economy Report_Final_Dec2011.pdf.

5 Brand, supra note 3, at 30.