International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy

Bringing together contributions from diplomats, UN agency officials, lawyers and academics, this book provides insight into the evolution of international environmental law, diplomacy and negotiating techniques.

Based on first-hand experiences and extensive research, the chapters offer a blend of practice and theory, history and analysis, presenting a range of historical episodes and nuances and drawing lessons for future improvements to the processes of law-making and diplomacy.

The book represents a synthesis of the most important messages to emerge from the annual course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements, delivered to diplomats and negotiators from around the world for the last decade by the University of Eastern Finland and the United Nations Environment Programme. The book will be of interest as a guide for negotiators and as a supplementary textbook and a reference volume for a wide range of students of law and environmental issues.

Tuomas Kuokkanen is a Ministerial Adviser with the Ministry of the Environment, Helsinki, Finland, and a part-time Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Eastern Finland. 

Ed Couzens is an Associate Professor at Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, Australia. 

Tuula Honkonen is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland. 

Melissa Lewis is a Doctoral Researcher in the Department of European and International Public Law at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, and an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Law, at University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.