Environmental law must now contend with the globalization of environmental harm and the democratization of pollution sources, and “environmental legal norms have become increasingly internalized.” However, the globalization of environmental law and policy is not without irony. Pollution sources remain domestic and increasingly localized despite international impacts. Local cultures of consumption have spread throughout the globe. These factors have necessitated international cooperation on environmental issues and have resulted in a need for greater focus on the developing world and emerging economies. “[G]rowing international linkages are blurring the traditional divisions between private and public law and domestic and international law, promoting integration and harmonization” and leading to the creation of “global environmental law.” This blurring has occurred not only in sectors of law, but also in substantive environmental issues and processes to ameliorate environmental degradation. Due to transboundary relationships and a globalized market, the field of environmental law, natural resource management and rule of law efforts have proliferated, in an attempt for consistency across political boundaries.
Business Meeting for Section on Environmental Law at Program Conclusion.
Business Meeting for Section on Natural Resources and Energy Law at Program Conclusion.