This article provides an overview of the “trade and environment” interface in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and proposes new paradigm for making progress. In doing so, the article reviews recent developments in WTO adjudication and negotiations and examines the institutional interplay of in...   MORE>>

Twelve years after the landmark Rio Summit on the Environment and Development, countries worldwide are continuing to grapple with the complex challenges of reconciling developmental goals with environmental protection imperatives. In Southeast Asia, as elsewhere, national governments have sought to ...   MORE>>

This paper examines a number of issues arising from the relationship of the Kyoto Protocol to the Climate Change Convention and its compliance regime with certain provisions of the law of treaties as codified in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. One issue is the nature of the treaty rela...   MORE>>

On 16 February 2005, the Kyoto Protocol entered into force. Legal Aspects of the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms: Making Kyoto Work is a timely addition to the literature on the Kyoto Protocol at a time when greater understanding of how to implement the Protocol is vital. This book also comes at a time wh...   MORE>>

On the occasion of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced a bold initiative to work together to neutralise the region’...   MORE>>

This paper outlines the main Singapore legislation on pollution of the sea. It is an updated version of a paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Maritime Law in Piraeus in 2004. There are two major statutes: the Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) A...   MORE>>

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Many small manufacturing clients falsely assume that major catastrophic events happen to industrial giants. To the contrary, many of the catastrophic chemical accidents occur at relatively small facilities. Perhaps due to this misconception, or for other unknown reasons, the level...   MORE>>

The U.S. and China lead the world in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for more than 40% of world-wide energy-related emissions. The need for the U.S. and China to find common ground on addressing climate change is gaining increasing attention, and there is now hope for reversing the stalem...   MORE>>

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Economic development and environmental issues have been linked to and translated into a global conceptual framework at the Rio Conference on the Environment and Development which was held in 1992. The concept of "sustainable development" is central to this global framework. When we...   MORE>>

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Ten years after the Rio Conference, the world is confronted with the challenges of epidemic poverty, unsustainable lifestyles and environmental degradation. It is up to the coming Johannesburg Summit to bridge this gap with renewed political will, practical steps and partnerships t...   MORE>>