Combatting plastic pollution by effective enforcement Plastic pollution is a major environmental issue. Although regulation is being adopted, plastic pollution is still increasing. Effective and strict enforcement is key and NGOs and civilians can be instrumental in this. Nienke van der Aar and Esther Kentin • November 03, 2022
Sustainable development in India’s FTAs Is India’s historical protectionism towards its European counterparts making way for a 'greener shade' of trade agreements? Cláudia Ferreira Azevedo, Divya Gupta, Eva Baudichau and Olivier Beaubien • July 28, 2022
Deep sea deadline: The rush to mine the deep sea Exploring the issues of regulating deep sea mining following the Republic of Nauru’s request to the International Seabed Authority to formulate rules for exploitation of the mineral resources in the ‘Area’. Bholenath, Marilisa Onorati, Lucas Groff Campos, Erlend Serendahl and Gráinne Ní Fhrighil • July 12, 2022
Lean, clean, and green? An appraisal of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s green approach to infrastructure projects. How environmentally sustainable is infrastructure development? Abhinand Siddharth, Martin Dabrowski, Siddharth Trakroo and Vinícius Souza • July 04, 2022
Labelingsplicht voor PFAS om erger te voorkomen PFAS komen steeds vaker in het nieuws vanwege de gevaarlijke eigenschappen en risico’s voor het milieu en de volksgezondheid. Er wordt gewerkt aan een Europees verbod van PFAS, maar in de tussentijd zou een labelingsplicht het gebruik kunnen laten afnemen Claudia Keppel and Carijn van Duijl • June 20, 2022
Climate change litigation in Indonesia Following the success of the Urgenda case in the Netherlands and other cases around the world, citizens from Jakarta also turned to climate change litigation in their fight for a cleaner environment. Elise Schermers • June 03, 2022
NIMBY: slaat de Raad van State burgerparticipatie in de wind? Not In My BackYard (NIMBY) is inmiddels een begrip in het bestuursrecht: burgers die bijvoorbeeld kritiek uiten op de tientallen meters hoge windmolens in hun zichtveld. Hoe staat de hoogste bestuursrechter tegenover gebrek aan draagvlak? Heeft het voorleggen van alternatieven zin? Marloes van den Hurk • April 20, 2022
How fashion contributes to plastic pollution FFashion, particularly fast fashion, is a major contributor to plastic pollution in the form of microplastic fibres. The 80-year-old Martindale test for interior textiles could be part of the solution. Anouk Campagne and Esther Kentin • August 27, 2021
Sustainability in space Space is becoming more contested, congested, competitive, and contaminated. How to ensure the long-term sustainability of space activities, so present and future generations can use and explore it indefinitely? Tanja Masson-Zwaan • January 19, 2021 • 2 comments
