Does International Environmental Law Matter in Sustainable Development?

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Emmanuella Doussis

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration

Date Written: 2017

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to examine why it is important to integrate the effectiveness of international environmental agreements in assessing sustainable development and to explore how this could be eventually achieved. It argues that legal indicators may serve as operational tools to assess progress or regression of international environmental law. It first focuses on some general remarks on the significance of international environmental agreements for sustainable development. It then goes on to consider legal indicators as eventual tools for assessing the performance of international environmental agreements in the implementation of the SDGs; it explores the methodological challenges and their limitations. It concludes with some general remarks on future research paths.

Suggested Citation

Doussis, Emmanuella, Does International Environmental Law Matter in Sustainable Development? (2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3427121

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