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Environmental Law Journal becomes part of Scielo Chile

The publication edited by the Environmental Law Center will be part of an open access collection of Chilean scientific journals in all areas of knowledge.

The Environmental Law Journal, edited by the Environmental Law Center of the Law School of the University of Chile, was admitted to be part of the SciELO - Chile Scientific Electronic Library.

SciELO - Chile is an open access collection of texts from Chilean scientific journals, from all areas of knowledge, which predominantly publish articles resulting from scientific research, and which uses peer review of the manuscripts they receive, which show a growing performance in the indicators of compliance with the indexing criteria.

"We are very pleased with this recognition, which is the result of an effort of continuous improvement of the editorial processes developed by the editorial team, which has resulted in the growing increase in the quality of the articles published over the years," said the director of the Journal, Prof. Valentina Durán Medina, adding "we are grateful for the support of the Faculty, which through its Dean, Prof. Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, and the Journals Program of the Research Department, headed by Prof. Daniel Álvarez, has provided permanent support to the work of the journal."

"Once the collaboration agreement between the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile and the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) is signed, the full incorporation of the journal to this collection will take place, starting in 2022" explained the editor Jorge Ossandón Rosales.

This good news is in addition to the admission, in 2020, of the Environmental Law Journal to the SCOPUS database.

As a result, in 2022 the Environmental Law Journal will already be indexed in Scopus, Redib, DOAJ and Latindex, in addition to ScIELO, with the support of SISIB and the Journals Program of the Research Department of the Law School of the Universidad of Chile.

It should be noted that Issue 16 of this biannual journal will be published on December 31.

 

The Legal Transition to the Green Economy

Authors

  • Markus Gehring University of Cambridge
  • Gonzalo Parot Universidad de Chile

Abstract

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008, it can be suggested that the current model of economic growth is neither financially nor environmentally sustainable. The need to move towards a greener economy has since gained traction in international policy arena. As the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development affirmed, a global transition to different kind of economic growth, one that is environmentally responsible and socially inclusive, is needed. However, debates on how to promote a global green economy have traditionally focused on economics. This article seeks to highlight the potential contributions of the law in enabling and supporting a greener economy, as well as the need for more innovative and integrated approaches to our understanding of international economic law (trade, investment and finance). It is divided into three parts. First, it provides a stipulated explanation of what is meant by a green economy, and the potential contributions of law to greening economic growth. Second, it examines innovative legal provisions at national, regional and international level which expressly seek to green economic policies and practices, based on an international legal research project with the United Nations Environment Programme which surveyed over 2000 domestic legal instruments across six regions of the world. Third, it focuses on the progress and limitations of international economic law, exploring possible legal and policy remedies. In essence, this article traces recent trends in law and governance for a greener economy, highlighting the opportunities, challenges and limits of law and policy instruments to support the global transition that is sought by policy-makers. The central argument is that the transition to a greener economy is already being promoted by law at all levels, and is receiving growing recognition nationally and internationally.

Keywords:

Green economy, sustainable development, international economic law, environmental policy