ENE 320 / GOV 320: International Environmental Law
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- ENE 320 / GOV 320: International Environmental Law
- News Sources and Web Sites
Current News
- Environmental News NetworkENN's mission is to inform, educate, enable and create a platform for global environmental action.
- Center for International Earth Science Information NetworkCIESIN’s mission is to provide access to and enhance the use of information worldwide, advancing understanding of human interactions in the environment and serving the needs of science and public and private decision making.
- U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new windowProvides access to: The New York Times (1980- present), The Wall Street Journal (1984- present), The Washington Post (1987- present), The Los Angeles Times (1985- present), and The Chicago Tribune (1985- present).
- New York Times (all access) This link opens in a new windowAll New York Times content: news, games, cooking, audio, newsletters, Wirecutter, The Athletic and more. Covers 1851 to the present.
- Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
Environmental Web Sites
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Links to news items, conferences, reports, and more.
- Global Resource Information DatabasePart of UNEP, this resource provides environmental data and information for decision-making and policy setting; underpins UNEP's ongoing review of environmental state and trends; and provides early warnings about emerging environmental problems and threats.
- Center for Climate and Energy SolutionsLaunched in 2011, C2ES is the successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, long recognized in the United States and abroad as an influential and pragmatic voice on climate issues.
- Convention on Biological DiversityIncludes information about the Convention, its parties, protocols, and activities.
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaThis is the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), which took place between 1973 and 1982. The Law of the Sea Convention defines the rights and responsibilities of nations with respect to their use of the world's oceans, establishing guidelines for businesses, the environment, and the management of marine natural resources.
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the international body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation.
- Global Warming of 1.5 Degrees CA report issued in October 2018 on the impacts of global warming.
- The Nagoya ProtocolOn 29 October 2010, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity was adopted in Nagoya, Japan. The Protocol entered into force on 12 October 2014 thus marking an important step towards the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The objective of the Nagoya Protocol is to set an international, legally binding framework to promote a transparent and effective implementation of the ABS concept at the regional, national and local level in the future.
- Nagoya Protocol Fact SheetThis is a 4-page quick guide to the Protocol.
- An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya ProtocolIf you want to know everything about the Protocol, this long document (394 p.) is for you!. In this publication, the IUCN Environmental Law Centre and the IUCN Global Policy Unit present the results of a one-and-a-half year process of co-operation and consultation during which an Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol was developed.