Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene

An overview of environmental human rights, and the complexities of uniting human rights advocacy and environmental protection.

This book critically analyses the complexities of uniting human rights advocacy and environmental protection and identifies initiatives required to address remaining questions in the field. Bringing together international experts, it provides valuable insights for researchers, practitioners and advanced students in environmental law and policy.Human rights and environmental protection are closely intertwined, and both are critically dependent on supportive legal opportunity structures. These legal structures consist of access to the courts; 'legal stock' or the set of available standards and precedents on which to base litigation; and institutional receptiveness to potential litigation. These elements all depend on a variety of social, political, and economic variables. This book critically analyses the complexities of uniting human rights advocacy and environmental protection. Bringing together international experts in the field, it documents the current state of our environmental human rights knowledge, strategically critical questions that remain unanswered, and the initiatives required to develop those answers. It is ideal for researchers in environmental governance and law, as well as interested practitioners and advanced students working in public policy, political science and environmental studies.