Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation Book contents
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Theoretical Framework for International Legal Principles of Intergenerational Equity and Implementation through National Institutions
- Part I Introduction to Treaty Law on Intergenerational Justice and Codifying Sustainability
- Part II Key Challenges in Domestic Implementation of Intergenerational Justice
- Part III Law and Policy Innovations for Intergenerational Justice
- Part IV Implementing Sustainability through National Institutions: Case Studies
- Part V Regional Trends in Intergenerational Justice
- 32 A European Human Rights Perspective on National Sustainable Development Institutions
- 33 Embedding Intergenerational Justice across Government: Regional Trends in Africa
- 34 Intergenerational Equity, Justice, and Modern Treaties between First Nations Communities and Canada
- 35 Institutions for Future Generations in Asia
- Part VI Future Trends
- Afterword
- Table of Authorities
35 - Institutions for Future Generations in Asia
from Part V - Regional Trends in Intergenerational Justice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2021
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Theoretical Framework for International Legal Principles of Intergenerational Equity and Implementation through National Institutions
- Part I Introduction to Treaty Law on Intergenerational Justice and Codifying Sustainability
- Part II Key Challenges in Domestic Implementation of Intergenerational Justice
- Part III Law and Policy Innovations for Intergenerational Justice
- Part IV Implementing Sustainability through National Institutions: Case Studies
- Part V Regional Trends in Intergenerational Justice
- 32 A European Human Rights Perspective on National Sustainable Development Institutions
- 33 Embedding Intergenerational Justice across Government: Regional Trends in Africa
- 34 Intergenerational Equity, Justice, and Modern Treaties between First Nations Communities and Canada
- 35 Institutions for Future Generations in Asia
- Part VI Future Trends
- Afterword
- Table of Authorities
Summary
An unprecedented wave of change has been taking place in the past few decades in the field of environment. The concept of sustainable development is now commonly understood by many people around the world – from its origins during the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment (more commonly known as the 1972 Stockholm Conference), up to the recently agreed upon Post-2015 Agenda and the SDGs. The roots of sustainable development go back to the early 1970s, when the UN Declaration in Stockholm proclaimed the second UN Development Decade and the Stockholm Convention first clearly emphasized that environmental protection and economic development must be understood as compatible and mutually reinforcing goals. It has been defined as ‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’.
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- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty ImplementationAdvancing Future Generations Rights through National Institutions, pp. 671 - 702Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021