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Climate Adaptation, Vulnerability and Rights-Based Litigation: Broadening the Scope of Climate Litigation Using Political Ecology (2022)
Journal Article
Ohdedar, B. (2022). Climate Adaptation, Vulnerability and Rights-Based Litigation: Broadening the Scope of Climate Litigation Using Political Ecology. Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 13(1), 137-156. https://doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2022.01.06

This article examines the nexus between climate vulnerability, rights and litigation with a focus on the Global South. Reducing vulnerability is inherent to climate adaptation and the protection and realization of human rights. However, despite these... Read More about Climate Adaptation, Vulnerability and Rights-Based Litigation: Broadening the Scope of Climate Litigation Using Political Ecology.

Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (2021)
Book Chapter
Cullet, P. (2021). Common but Differentiated Responsibilities. In M. Fitzmaurice, M. Brus, & P. Merkouris (Eds.), Research Handbook on International Environmental Law, 2nd edition (209-228). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786439710.00017

The principle of common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR) is the emanation of equity in international environmental law. It reflects the division of the world between the global South and the global North, which has been a structuring elemen... Read More about Common but Differentiated Responsibilities.

Water Security and International Law (2021)
Journal Article
Cullet, P., Koonan, S., & Bhullar, L. (2021). Water Security and International Law. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 17, 261-276. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-010421-014915

International law seeks to ensure water security and to prevent or resolve conflicts leading to water insecurity. This relationship is based on a hybrid framework comprising binding and nonbinding instruments. The multi-scalar dimensions of water (in... Read More about Water Security and International Law.

Differentiation (2021)
Book Chapter
Cullet, P. (2021). Differentiation. In L. Rajamani, & J. Peel (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law, 2nd editon (319-334). Oxford University Press

This chapter explores differential treatment, which is one of the main instruments that exist in international environmental law to foster equity. It builds on ideas of global distributive justice and helps to rebalance some of the most visible inequ... Read More about Differentiation.

Foreword (2021)
Book Chapter
Cullet, P. (2021). Foreword. In D. A. Kharchandy, & K. Nongrum (Eds.), Understanding Water Crisis (xix-xxi). Lakshi Publishers

Water Law and Development (2021)
Book Chapter
Cullet, P. (2021). Water Law and Development. In J. Dellapenna, & J. Gupta (Eds.), Water Law (391-401). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783477005.X.29

This chapter examines water law in a global South-global North context. It looks at the recent evolution of water law, divided between a push for recognising water as an economic good that can be traded like any other commodity and a counter push for... Read More about Water Law and Development.

Groundwater Law and Management in India: From an Elitist to an Egalitarian Paradigm (2021)
Book Chapter
Cullet, P. (2021). Groundwater Law and Management in India: From an Elitist to an Egalitarian Paradigm. In S. A. Khan, T. G. Puthucherril, & S. R. Paul (Eds.), From Elite to Egalitarian: The Changing Landscape of Groundwater Law in India (337-347). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2617-3_24

Groundwater law has been structured around a direct relationship between access to land and control over groundwater since the middle of the nineteenth century. The premises for the existing legal framework are not suited to today’s conditions. The p... Read More about Groundwater Law and Management in India: From an Elitist to an Egalitarian Paradigm.

Foreword (2021)
Book Chapter
Cullet, P. (2021). Foreword. In C. Basak (Ed.), Global Climate Change and Environmental Laws in India (ix-xiii). Thompson Reuters

Addressing Inequality to Foster Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Environmental Regimes (2021)
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Cullet, P. Addressing Inequality to Foster Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Environmental Regimes

The 2022 Declaration must integrate concerns related to inequality between people and between states. Enduring inequalities between states call for strengthening differential treatment and in consonance with present-day realities. Fast increasing ine... Read More about Addressing Inequality to Foster Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Environmental Regimes.