Sustainability and Law: General and Specific Aspects

755 Pages·2020·11.101 MB·English

by  Volker Mauerhofer, Daniela Rupo, Lara Tarquinio

Volker Mauerhofer
Daniela Rupo
Lara Tarquinio   Editors
Sustainability
and Law
General and Specific Aspects
Sustainability and Law
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Volker Mauerhofer Daniela Rupo
Lara Tarquinio
Editors
Sustainability and Law
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General and Speci c Aspects
Editors
VolkerMauerhofer DanielaRupo
DepartmentofEcotechnologyand DepartmentofEconomics
SustainableBuildingEngineering UniversityofMessina(Italy)
MidSwedenUniversity Messina,Italy
Östersund,Sweden
LaraTarquinio
DepartmentofEconomicStudies
University“G.d’Annunzio”of
Chieti-Pescara
Pescara,Italy
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Preface
Thisvolumehasbeenachievedbyeffortsofmany.First,wethanktwoanonymous
bookreviewerswhogavevaluableinstructionstotheoutlineofstructuredabstracts
inlatewinter2019.
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sity,Sweden,theUniversityofMessina,Italy,andtheUniversityofChieti-Pescara,
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icallyintheorderoftheirabbreviationsasfollows:
(cid:129) TheannualEuropeanEnvironmentalLawForum(ELFF)(https://www.eelf.info/
home-7.html)
(cid:129) The biannual legal conference track of the European Society for Ecological
Economics(ESEE)(http://www.euroecolecon.org)
(cid:129) TheannuallegalconferencetracksoftheInternationalSustainableDevelopment
ResearchSociety(ISDRS)(http://www.isdrs.org)
(cid:129) The biannual legal conference track of the International Society for Ecological
Economics(ISEE)(http://www.ecoeco.org/)
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(cid:129) The Annual Colloquium of the International Union for the Conservation of
Nature(IUCN)AcademyofEnvironmentalLaw(http://www.iucnael.org)
(cid:129) DiverseconferencetracksconferencesofResearch&Degrowth(R&D)(https://
degrowth.org/)
(cid:129) DiversemeetingsoftheWorldCommissiononEnvironmentalLaw(WCEL)of
the IUCN (https://www.iucn.org/commissions/world-commission-environmen
tal-law)
WealsothankMs.ParttibaneArulVanifromSPiTechnologiesIndiaPrivateLtd.,
whodid–inatrustfulandreliablemanner–mostoftheactualworkinthisbookon
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unattendedbutprovidesthebasisforthe–oftenstressful–finalizationofachapter.
Therefore,wededicatethiseditedvolumetoallthosebelovedoneswhosupported
withtheirgreatunderstanding,infinitepatienceandconstantrecoursetotheauthors
ofthisvolume.
Östersund,Sweden VolkerMauerhofer
Messina,Italy DanielaRupo
Pescara,Italy LaraTarquinio
Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
DanielaRupo,LaraTarquinio,andVolkerMauerhofer
PartI GeneralAspects:BasicsofaSustainableDevelopmentLaw
SustainableDevelopmentLawin(Only)OneWorld:Challenges
andPerspectivesforGovernanceandGovernments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
VolkerMauerhofer
DesigningLawforSustainability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
MassimilianoMontini
TheLawsofSustainableDevelopment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
GeertvanCalster
ReducingtheEuropeanUnion’sEnvironmentalFootprintThrough
‘TerritorialExtension’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
JoanneScott
Resilience:IsSustainabilityDead?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
TrevorDaya-Winterbottom
PartII GeneralAspects:Overconsumption,ReboundEffects,
DegrowthandPlanetaryBoundaries
WhatDoestheReboundEffectTellUs?ReflectiononItsSources
andItsImplicationfortheSustainabilityDebate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
JoëlleSaey-Volckrick
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RegulatingourConsumerCulture:WhatRoleCantheLawPlay
inAddressingExcessiveConsumption?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
MelissaGorrie
Biodiversity,ClimateChangeandFinnishForestRegulation. . . . . . . . . 135
MinnaPappila
PartIII GeneralAspects:CorporateResponsibilityPractices&
ProductPolicy
‘TheChemicalsBetweenUs’:TheUseandDischargeofChemicals
intheLifeCycleofaPairofJeans–FromLegalTheorytoPractice. . . 157
MartineBosman,TinekeLambooy,ElifOral,andBartJansen
FiscalPolicyforSustainableDevelopment:TheItalianWaytoPromote
InnovativeEntrepreneurshipAccordingtoEuropeanUnionRules. . . . 201
PatriziaAccordino
PlannedObsolescenceandCriminalLaw:AProblematic
Relationship?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
EmanueleLaRosa
PartIV GeneralAspects:CorporateSocialResponsibility&
Reporting
PoliticalCorporateSocialResponsibilityandtheRoleofCompanies.
EvidencefromNovoNordisk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
StefaníaCarolinaPosadas,LaraTarquinio,andMicheleA.Rea
ItalyTowardsMandatorySustainabilityReporting.Voluntary
CorporateSocialResponsibilityDisclosureofItalianCompanies
andLegislativeDecree254/2016Statements.AQuantitative
AnalysisoftheLast10Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
FedericaBalluchi,KatiaFurlotti,andRiccardoTorelli
Non-financialPerformanceIndicators:ThePowerofMeasures
toOperationalizetheLaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
DomenicoRaucci,LaraTarquinio,DanielaRupo,andSalvatoreLoprevite
PartV GeneralAspects:HumanRights,Non-governmental
OrganizationsandPublicParticipationinEnvironmental
Matters
CollaborativeRegulation:PreventingRegulatoryCapture
inMulti-stakeholderProcessesforDevelopingNorms
forSustainabilityConduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
KarinBuhmann
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RighttoDevelopmentandRighttoEnvironment:Sustainable
DevelopmentPerspectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
IvanaSavić
PeaceasaRightofHumanity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
IrynaIvankiv
NGOsasLoudspeakers:PotentialRoleofNGOsinBridging
theNorth-SouthGapinInternationalEnvironmental
andSustainableDevelopmentLawMakingProcess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
KokilaKonasinghe
ClaimsinEnvironmentalCivilPublicInterestLitigationinChina:
ProblemsandSolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
XueminChenandTianbaoQin
PartVI SpecificAspects:Biodiversity&Biofuels–Access
andBenefitSharing,IndigenousPeoples’Knowledge,
andLocalImplications
RulesandPracticesofInternationalLawonBenefit-Sharing
forSustainableDevelopment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
JorgeCabreraMedagliaandFredericPerron-Welch
SustainableUseofIndigenousEcologicalKnowledge:ACaseStudy
forImplementingtheNagoyaProtocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
NatalieStoianoff
JatrophaCultivationinSouthIndia–PolicyImplications. . . . . . . . . . . 453
LakshmiGopakumar
PartVII SpecificAspects:InvasiveAlienSpecies&Oceans–MEAs
Integration,MarineResourcesandLawoftheSea
InvasiveAlienSpecies–TheEradicationorUseofInvasive
AlienSpeciesUnderEULaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
FelixFrommelt
TheLimitedContributionofEnvironmentalLawtotheSustainable
ManagementofMarineResourcesinBrazil:TheNeed
foranIntegratedApproach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
CarinaCostadeOliveira,GabrielaG.B.LimaMoraes,andPriscilaPereira
deAndrade
InternationalEnvironmentalLawandLawoftheSea:Analysis
ofLegalandPoliticalAspectsofInstitutionInteraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
EkaterinaVasilenkoandEkaterinaBliznetskaya
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PartVIII SpecificAspects:Climate&Energy–LocalPolitics,
SustainableConstruction&BuiltscapeandCarbon
Capture&Storage
FromGlobaltoLocal:AMultilevelApproachtotheLocal
ImplementationofClimatePoliciesinJapan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
HitomiRoppongi
IntegratingSustainabilityinGovernanceandLegalFramework
foraSustainableBuiltscapeinKenya:TowardsaGlobalApproach. . . 559
RuthOnkangiandYvonneGetugi
TowardsaLow/ZeroCarbonSocietyfortheAsia-PacificRegion:
PolicyandLegalDevelopmentforCarbonCaptureandStorage
(CCS)inJapan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585
K.YanagiandA.Nakamura
PartIX SpecificAspects:FramingEcosystemServices–Framing,
MainstreamingandApplying
FramingEcosystemServicesforSustainability?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
AlexandraLanglais
MainstreamingEcosystemServicesasPublicPolicyinSouthEast
Asia,fromTheorytoPractice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
HoHuuLoc,KimN.Irvine,AsanSuwanarit,PakornVallikul,
FaLikitswat,AlisaSahavacharin,ChansopheaktraSovann,
andLeSongHa
PaymentforEcosystemServicesintheCongoBasin:Filling
theGapBetweenLawandSustainabilityforanOptimal
PreservationofEcosystemServices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667
Blaise-PascalNtirumenyerwaMihigoandAnCliquet
PartX SpecificAspects:Food–LocalizedRights,Transboundary
Water/EnergyNexuswithGroundwaterandUrbanGardens
Municipalities,SocialInnovations,andtheCo-development
ofLocalizedFoodRights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
PaulaFernandez-Wulff
Water-Energy-FoodNexusandGroundwater:CantheNexus
SupporttheSustainableManagementofTransboundaryAquifers?. . . . 709
ImadAntoineIbrahim
EstablishingUrbanGardensonVacantLandWhileConsidering
InternationalGoodPractices:ALegalCaseStudyfromPortugal. . . . . 729
AlexandraRibeiro,RaquelCarvalho,andLíviaMadureira