This book examines the potential for the development of a global environmental right which would create legal duties for all decision-makers relating to the environment and provide the bedrock for a new system of international environmental governance.

1. Introduction 2. The state of degradation of the planet's environment, the impact upon human rights and the current status of the development of environmental rights 3. The Global Legal Architecture and its effect on International Environmental Governance 4. A Global Environmental Right - Draft with Commentary 5. The Application of a Global Environmental Right to Climate Change 6. Conclusion

Stephen J. Turner is a Senior Lecturer at Kingston University, UK where he leads the LLM course in Environmental Law and Sustainability. He also teaches Company Law.