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Ecolex - the Gateway to Environmental Law

This open-access online database provides full-text access to treaties and environmental law cases in international courts, and an index to books and journal articles on international environmental law topics. It also includes domestic legislation and cases. The sophisticated search engine allows searching on multiple criteria. 

NASA's Environmental Treaties and Resources Indicators database contain comprehensive information on country participation in multilateral environmental agreements up until August 2012. The database has a sophisticated search engine that can be interrogated using multiple criteria. 

Carlarne, Cinnamon Piñon and Mohamed Helal,  'A Conversation about Climate Change Law and the "International Community"' (2018) 8 Climate Law

Mayer, Benoit, 'Climate Impact Assessment as an Emerging Obligation Under Customary International Law' (The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2018-16, 2018)

Meguro, Maiko, 'A Retreat from Universality in International Environmental Law? Law's Limbo between Universality and Particularity' (Amsterdam Center for International Law No 2018-12)

Cittadino, Federica, 'Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development within the International Biodiversity Regime' in Beatriz Felipe Pérez, Daniel Iglesias Márquez and Lorena Martínez Hernández (eds), Rethinking Sustainable Development in Terms of Justice: Issues of Theory, Law and Governance (Cambridge Scholars, 2018) 

Costi, Alberto and Ross, Nathan Jon, 'The Ongoing Legal Status of Low-Lying States in the Climate-Changed Future' (2017) 

• Beyerlin U., “Bridging the North-South Divide in International Environmental Law” (2006) 66 Heidelberg International Law Journal: 629
• Morgera E., “Bilateralism at the Service of Community Interests? Non-Judicial Enforcement of Global Public Goods in the Context of Global Environmental Law” (2013) 23 EJIL: 743
• Pauwelyn J., “The End of Differential Treatment for Developing Countries? Lessons from the Trade and Climate Change Regimes” (2013) 22 RECIEL: 29
• Scholtz W., “Custodial Sovereignty: Reconciling Sovereignty and Global Environmental Challenges amongst the Vestiges of Colonialism” (2008) 55 Netherlands International Law Review: 323
• Churchill R.R. & Ulfstein G., “Autonomous Institutional Arrangements in Multilateral Environmental Agreements: A Little-Noticed Phenomenon in International Law” (2000) 94 American Journal of International Law: 623
• Scholtz W., “Northern NGOs, Southern NGOs and International Environmental Law: The Common Interest of Humankind is the Interest of Northern Mankind!”, (2007) 32 South African Yearbook of International Law: 247
• Boyle A.E., “Some Reflections on the Relationship of Treaties and Soft Law” (1999) 48 ICLQ: 901
• Lowe V., ‘Sustainable Development and Unsustainable Arguments’ in Boyle A.E & Freestone, D., (eds.) International Law and Sustainable Development: Past Achievements and Future Challenges, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 1999: 19-37
• Palmer G., “New Ways to Make International Environmental Law” (1992) 86 AJIL: 259
• Vinuales JE., “The Rise and Fall of Sustainable Development”(2013) 22 RECIEL: 3
• Strydom H., ‘Introduction to Regional Environmental Law of the African Union’ in: Scholtz W. and Verschuuren J., (eds.) Regional Environmental Law. Transregional Comparative Lessons in Pursuit of Sustainable Development Cheltenham Edward Elgar (2015) Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2015: 21-50
• Van der Linde M., ‘Review of the African Convention on Nature and Natural Resources (1969-2001)’ (2002) 2 AHRLJ: 33-59
• Scholtz W., ‘The promotion of regional environmental security through the African Common Position on Climate Change’ (2010): 10 AJHR 1-25
• Bowman M. & Redgewell, C., (eds.), International Law and the Conservation of Biological Diversity, Kluwer Law International, Boston / London, 1996 (recommended)
• Buck M. & Hamilton C., “The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity” 20 (2011) RECIEL: 47.
• Morgera E. & Razzaque M., (eds.), Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law, Edward Elgar, 2017 (recommended)
• Brunnée J. and Toope S.J., “Environmental Security and Freshwater Resources: A Case for International Ecosystem Law” (1995) 5 Year Book of International Environmental Law (YBIEL):42 

• McIntyre O., Chapter 7, ‘Environmental Protection of International Watercourses I: Substantive Rules of Customary and General International Law’ in McIntyre O., Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International Law, Ashgate, Hampshire GU11 3HR, UK, 2007: 286-293

• McIntyre O., Chapter 9, ‘Conclusion: Environmental Protection as a Factor in Determining the Equitable Utilization of International Watercourses’ in McIntyre O., Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International Law, Ashgate, Hampshire GU11 3HR, UK, 2007: 359-380
• Wouters P. Vinogradov S. & Bjørn-Oliver M., “Water Security, Hydrosolidarity and International Law: A River Runs through It …”, 19 (2008) YBIEL: 97