A global water crisis with far-reaching and interconnected environmental, social, health and economic impacts threatens the world. Healthy ecosystems and ecosystem services are degrading, and access to a sustainable water supply is increasingly inequitable both within and between States. This book demonstrates how to overcome the global freshwater ecosystem crisis by matching the scientific recommendations with an international legal framework fit for the task, which re-orientates international water law towards a stronger ecosystem approach that also protects vulnerable societies. It illustrates how to understand the fragmented legally binding and non-binding instruments of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe environmental treaties as one coherent legal regime, which contributes to strengthening general rules and principles of the law concerning transboundary freshwater ecosystems. With the recent global opening of the UNECE regime, this book explores its potential role within the European region, Central Asia, Caucasus, Africa, the Middle East and beyond.

This study of the UNECE environmental regime shows how international law could help solve the world's freshwater crisis.

About the Author
Ruby Moynihan is an Irish Research Council Fellow at the School of Law, University College Cork, Ireland and Adjunct Lecturer/Senior Research Fellow at the New Zealand Centre for Public Law, Victoria University of Wellington. She is also an Enrolled Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. Her work has contributed to high-level projects for the United Nations and other international organisations.


Book Information
ISBN 9781108490702
Author Ruby Moynihan
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 690g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 158mm * 25mm