Environmental Law in Arab States

This book is a welcome addition to a growing body of environmental law literature focusing on specific geographic regions. It provides a rare glimpse into a region where not many have information on. It also advances debates about environmental law, a fast-developing field on which there has been dearth of resources. The book will be valuable for comparative environment and development law scholars and for policy makers interested in the tractable questions of resource stewardship, sustainable development and citizenry well-being. * Professor Patricia Kameri-Mbote SC, EBS, Director, Law Division, United Nations Environment Programme *
The book provides a seminal analysis of the legal and institutional approaches in Arab States to achieving low carbon emissions transition, economic diversification, and green growth. It is a must-read for academics, practitioners and policy makers interested in the sustainable development of the Arab world. * Professor Bassam Fattouh, Director, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, United Kingdom *
Damilola S. Olawuyi's clear-eyed study on environmental law in Arab states is essential reading for those interested in environmental pressures facing the Arab region. In this expansive and comprehensive book, Olawuyi elucidates the key legal frameworks and institutions underlying environmental issues. His original work serves not only as an authoritative guide to environmental protection today but also a roadmap toward a brighter future. * Dr. Robert Mogielnicki, Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, United States of America *
This book does a remarkable job demonstrating in precise detail the scope and depth of an understudied yet vitally important area of international law: the application of environmental law in nations that hold and produce the majority of the world's oil. The volume's thoughtful structure nimbly balances its thoroughness and precision, analyzing its topic with remarkable granularity while remaining eminently readable... This systematic, comprehensive and insightful book exhibits high technical craftmanship and offers exceptional utility to practicing lawyers and scholars. * 2023 ASIL Book Prize, COMMITTEE RATIONALE FOR THE AWARD OF CERTIFICATE OF MERIT FOR HIGH TECHNICAL CRAFTSMANSHIP AND UTILITY TO PRACTICING LAWYERS AND SCHOLARS *
The book is structured in an eminently readable fashion, far from complexity, and yet at the same time does not seek to evade critical insights relating to existing literature gaps in Arab states. * Mohammed Rashid Al-Hassan Al-Sulaiti, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London; Visiting Researcher, Centre for Socio-legal Studies, University of Oxford, International Review of Law *