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		<title>Extension of dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With one dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua already pending before the International Court of Justice , Nicaragua has initiated a new claim at the Court alleging that Costa Rica has caused transboundary pollution through the construction of a road on the border of the two countries. Proceedings were initially started by Costa Rica against [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=4377&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Durban Outcome</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/12/12/durban-outcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ole W. Pedersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After running into overtime, the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) finished Saturday. While press coverage of the event was somewhat muted compared to previous conferences (the aftermath of the EU Summit in Brussels on Friday night took most of the limelight), the reactions to the outcome [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=4363&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UNEP ‘Keeping Track of our Changing Environment’ Report</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/11/02/unep-%e2%80%98keeping-track-of-our-changing-environment%e2%80%99-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ole W. Pedersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the build-up to the Rio+20 Summit next year, the UNEP has just published its ‘Keeping Track of our Changing Environment’ report. The report tracks global environmental trends and developments since the 1992 Rio Summit. The report highlights a number of disheartening (but hardly surprising) developments such as the increase in global CO2 emission from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=4206&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Basel Ban on the Export of Hazardous Waste to Come into Force</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/10/28/basel-ban-on-the-export-of-hazardous-waste-to-come-into-force/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ole W. Pedersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the recent tenth Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the parties adopted the so-called ‘Basel Bal’ which will ban export of waste from Annex VII countries (OECD, EU and Liechtenstein) to developing countries. The ban was originally adopted in 1995 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=4190&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Palau Plans to Seek ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/09/26/palau-plans-to-seek-icj-advisory-opinion-on-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ole W. Pedersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN News Centre reports that the small island state of Palau plans to seek an advisory opinion from the ICJ in relation to climate change. While the exact details of the plan is not yet clear, this is indeed a significant development. The ICJ has on previous occasions ruled that, while states have the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=4153&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/08/22/environmental-law-and-sustainability-after-rio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ole W. Pedersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edward Elgar has just published Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio (edited by Ben Boer, Jamie Benidickson, Herman Benjamin and Karen Morrow). In the build-up to the Rio+20 due to take place next year, the title seems very timely and it contains some exceedingly interesting chapters by leading contributors to environmental law debates from across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=4108&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Extreme Weather and Climate Change – Implications for Liability</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/06/03/extreme-weather-and-climate-change-%e2%80%93-implications-for-liability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ole W. Pedersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasingly we are witnessing a concerted effort in the attempt to utilise international law in the context of climate change beyond regulatory frameworks. This is perhaps particularly so when it comes to attempts to establish responsibility and liability for the harms and effects associated with climate change. Notwithstanding significant problems with this (most notably causation), [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=4036&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Journal for Transnational Environmental Law</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/05/12/new-journal-for-transnational-environmental-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 06:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ole W. Pedersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cambridge University Press has announced the launch of a new academic journal titled ‘Transnational Environmental Law’. Submissions are sought for the first issue which is to be published in 2012. The blurb from CUP reads: Transnational Environmental Law (TEL) is a peer-reviewed journal for the study of environmental law and governance beyond the state. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=3966&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change and Geo-engineering</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2011/05/11/climate-change-and-geo-engineering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 09:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ole W. Pedersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most recent issue of Stanford Journal of Law, Science and Policy is a special issue on the topic of geo-engineering. Readers interested in the challenges which climate change gives rise to may find the issue worth a look. In particular the short contribution by Robert Berg, who assesses whether the UN can be a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=3961&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change and Increase in Armed Conflicts in Africa</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/09/09/climate-change-and-increase-in-armed-conflicts-in-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ole W. Pedersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The list of potential calamities that are like to become more frequent as a result of climate change seems to be growing by the day. Climate change has the potential to affect the enjoyment of human rights and is estimated to affect the most vulnerable populations the most. For some time now, discussions have taken [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&amp;blog=1127226&amp;post=3548&amp;subd=internationallawobserver&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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