Buch, Englisch, 75 Seiten
Buch, Englisch, 75 Seiten
Reihe: Elements in Earth System Governance
ISBN: 978-1-009-40122-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
This Element examines the legal infrastructure required to address the intertwined health and environmental crises of the Anthropocene. It introduces planetary health law as an emerging transdisciplinary paradigm that integrates global health law and international environmental law to tackle the impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution on humanity and the broader biosphere. The Element highlights the shortcomings of current frameworks, which remain largely voluntary and anthropocentric. It makes the case for a comprehensive planetary health law framework that recognizes both the human right to a healthy planet and the planetary right to health. This integrated approach would catalyze systemic institutional reform. Key proposals include the creation of a Planetary Health Organization to coordinate the efforts of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, alongside a Planetary Health Tribunal to enforce ecocentric norms and accountability. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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1. The health crisis of the Anthropocene; 2. The fragmentation of planetary health law and governance; 3. The right to a healthy planet under law; 4. The planetary right to health; 5. Toward a constitution for planetary health; References.
