Publications
The Montreal Protocol: Celebrating 20 Years of Environmental Progress - Ozone Layer and Climate Protection looks at the history, evolution, and future of this dynamic multilateral environmental agreement. View brochure.
In "Technology Transfer for the Ozone Layer: Lessons for Climate Change," the authors assess over 1000 technology transfer projects funded under the Montreal Protocol’s Multilateral Fund and the Global Environment Facility, and identify lessons that can be applied to technology transfer for climate change. more info
Strengthening the Montreal Protocol: Insurance Against Abrupt Climate Change
Article published in March 2007 in the Sustainable Development Law & Policy Publication, at the Washington College of Law at American University.
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Biofuels and Trade: Peril and Promise for Policy-makers,
in “Linking Trade, Climate Change and Energy” (ICTSD, 2006).In this article IGSD emphasizes the risks and opportunities of an expanding international market for biofuels, and the importance of governance at the national and international level in getting the best from new energy technologies and securing the transition to a sustainable energy future.
Making Law Work: Environmental Compliance & Sustainable Development (Cameron May London 2005, Vol. I & II)
IGSD and INECE publish groundbreaking collection of literature on environmental compliance and enforcement. Making Law Work is a compilation in two volumes of the best literature on topics related to environmental compliance and enforcement. The ideas in Making Law Work will empower actors at all levels to take action to promote sustainable development, enforce compliance with environmental law, and make law work.
"A vital and important book that will become required reading for all who share our concern about the Earth's environment and who know that enforcement and compliance are the bedrock of the rule of law and sustainable development." Gus Speth, Dean, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
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“Compliance, Rule of Law and Good Governance”, Chapter One, Making Law Work
This essay by Durwood Zaelke, Matthew Stilwell, and Oran Young describes the fundamental role that compliance and enforcement play in building the foundation for the rule of law, good governance, and sustainable development.
Chinese and Arabic translations are available.
International Environmental Law & Policy
Durwood Zaelke is the co-author of International Environmental Law & Policy (Foundation Press 2nd ed. 2002)(1,564 pages)(with Hunter & Salzman), which is the leading text in its field, used in more than 140 law schools and universities around the world. With Treaty Supplement (380 pages) and Teachers Manuel (350 pages).
Industry Genius: Inventions and People Protecting the Climate and Fragile Ozone Layer
Mr. Zaelke also is the author, with Dr. Steven O. Andersen, of Industry Genius: Inventions and People Protecting the Climate and Fragile Ozone Layer (Greenleaf Publishing UK, 2003) (www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/genius.htm). Industry Genius presents the inventive genius behind technological breakthroughs by ten global companies, including Honda, Seko-Epson, ST Microelectronics, Trane, and Alcoa Aluminum.
