Between crisis and complacency: seeking commitment in international environmental law

• Autores: Karin Mickelson
• Localización: Netherlands yearbook of international law, ISSN 0167-6768, Nº. 44, 2013 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Crisis and International Law : decoy or catalyst?), págs. 139-159
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Crisis has played a significant role in international environmental law since its inception. To some extent the field as a whole might be characterized as a ‘discipline of crisis’, since it functions as a counterbalance to unbridled pollution and resource depletion. On the other hand, there have been ongoing attempts to move away from a reactive focus on crisis and to conceptualize international environmental law as part of a broader societal shift toward sustainability. The dilemma that faces the discipline is that in the absence of a sense of crisis, we are unsure of how to generate the commitment that will be required to undertake fundamental changes to the status quo.