Includes index.

Sources and forms of international environmental law -- International environmental law: the historical continuum -- Implementation and compliance -- Population -- Biodiversity -- Global climate change -- Ozone depletion -- Antarctica -- Toxic and hazardous substances -- Land-based pollution -- Pollution by vessels and offshore oil platforms -- Dumping -- Conservation of marine living resources -- Transboundary air pollution -- Transboundary water pollution -- Desertification -- Nuclear damage -- Future of international environmental law (IEL).

This well received book, informed by its interdisciplinary framework, succinctly yet accurately traverses and illuminates the full gamut of international environmental issues, laws and policies challenging the world today. The sixth edition responds to important developments arising subsequent to the fifth edition, relating, inter alia, to sustainable development, climate change, and energy. These developments include the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of 2015, the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change that replaced the Kyoto Protocol, and the challenges posed by renewable energy and global poverty. In sum, the book offers a synoptic overview, and instructive analysis of the relevant treaties, customary law, and soft law instruments governing all areas of international environmental law.