In the twenty-first century, the internationalcommunity and states face the challenge ofreconciling the economic and technologicaldevelopment of our post-industrial societieswith the prevention or mitigation of globalenvironmental problems such as climatechange, ocean degradation, and biodiversityloss. Nowadays, international environmentallaw leaves up to the sovereignty of each statemost o…
Coastal history has been a reference point in maritime, harbor, and naval history, coastal urban history and interdisciplinary marine studies,4but it is only in the last twenty years that climate change has stimulatedenvironmental humanities5practitioners to focus on water, sustainable management of its resources, and multidisciplinary studies.6 In the pro…
The term ‘bioeconomy’ is commonly met with a sense of uncertaintyregarding its meaning and purpose. In general, there are three differentfields of public and scientific debate about the bioeconomy. NicholasGeorgescu-Roegen (1971) referred to the bioeconomy as a transforma-tional pathway towards a degrowth society. In contrast, the debate about‘biocapitalism’ focuses on the commodificati…
hina Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) has been woven into the fabric of China’s environmental development for the past 30 years—the length of an entire generation. It is also consistent with the most rapid modernization shift of the nation’s economy–environment relationship. This report provides insights into how CCICED operates and its succe…