A5067637099- Environmental law and policy
- Climate Change and Geoengineering
- International Environmental Law and Policies
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Caribbean history, culture, and politics
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Corporate Law and Human Rights
- Regulation and Compliance Studies
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Hispanic-African Historical Relations
- American History and Culture
- Educational Research and Methods
- International Arbitration and Investment Law
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Philippine History and Culture
- Race, History, and American Society
- Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria
- Environmental Policies and Emissions
London School of Economics and Political Science
2021-2024
Abstract Communities and individuals are turning to courts hold governments high-emitting firms account for the adverse consequences of climate change. Such litigation is part a broader trend in which stakeholders increasingly scrutinizing their sustainability practices. For firms, rising risk may exacerbate wider risks. Here we construct comprehensive database filings decisions relating 108 lawsuits against US- European-listed between 2005 2021. We show that experience, on average, 0.41%...
The history of the Leeward Islands, writes Mr. Higham in his preface, is experiments Restoration ministers their endeavours to organize a definite system control over both trade and growing self-government the'plantations. Of this has made painstaking scholarly study. He begins with an account extinction proprietary government; he then traces relations English French West Indies, describes events Anglo-French war 1666-7, loss part St. Christopher's, unsuccessful attempts recover it, details...
Abstract In 2023, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) launched an updated version of OECD Guidelines Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct. The changes represent substantial potentially far-reaching implications business, particularly in areas climate change biodiversity. This article examines 14 climate-related complaints filed under prior to adoption 2023 Update, showing how many these cases illustrate potential interlinkages between human...
Given the urgent need to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and concern regarding insufficient climate action ambition across globe, NGOs individuals are increasingly turning courts force States, public authorities, private entities increase their hold them accountable through climate-related litigation. The three contributions in this legal working paper discuss various aspects of such change litigation around world. papers examine evolution cases, scope cases varying grounds on...
On 9 April the European Court of Human Rights issued its first ever comprehensive decision in a climate litigation case. The ECtHR has set out clear directions for member states to follow align their policies with human rights obligations. Domestic legislators across Europe must give these requirements serious consideration ensure laws not only meet minimum standards but also effectively contribute global goals. This is imperative both environmental sustainability and protection fundamental...
Some Treasurer's Accounts of Montserrat, 1672–81 C. S. HIGHAM Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XXXVIII, Issue CXLIX, January 1923, Pages 87–90, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XXXVIII.CXLIX.87 Published: 01 1923