International environmental law is often closer to home than we knowaffecting the food we eat the products we buy and even the air we breathe.Drawing on more th... » 

International environmental law is often closer to home than we knowaffecting the food we eat the products we buy and even the air we breathe.Drawing on more than two decades of experience as a government negotiatorconsultant and academic Daniel Bodansky brings a realworld perspective onthe processes by which international environmental law develops and influencesthe behavior of state and nonstate actors. In selfcontained chapters thatoffer a clear guide to a complex field Bodansky answers fundamental questionsabout how international environmental law works. What role can law play inaddressing global environmental challenges such as climate change ozonedepletion and loss of biodiversity? How do environmental problems come ontothe international agenda? What are the obstacles to international cooperationand what can international environmental law do to address them? How dointernational rules develop? How are they put into practice and what makes themeffective? «