Environmental Rights and Climate Rights: Erga Omnes Obligations in International Law and EU Law?

Title
Environmental Rights and Climate Rights: Erga Omnes Obligations in International Law and EU Law?
Publication Date
2022
Author(s)
Quirico, Ottavio
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8268-7501
Email: oquirico@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:oquirico
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Eleven International Publishing
Place of publication
The Netherlands
DOI
10.5553/HYIEL/266627012022010001006
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/55280
Abstract
Is there an erga omnes right (and duty) to a sustainable environment in international law? Is an erga omnes right (and duty) to a sustainable climate developing within this framework? What is the contribution of EU law to this trajectory? This article explores the pace, nature and scope of application of the right to a sustainable environment as well as that of a possible right to a sustainable climate within this framework from the intertwined perspectives of international law and EU law. The article fundamentally claims that an erga omnes right and duty to a sustainable climate is developing in international law" EU law has largely contributed to this development and is currently essentially aligned with international law in this regard. By contrast, EU law seems to be more progressive than international law with respect to the development of the right to a sustainable climate as a specific erga omnes claim.
Link
Citation
Hungarian Yearbook of International and European Law, 10(1), p. 104-115
ISSN
2666-2701
Start page
104
End page
115

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