This book is a comprehensive study of differential treatment for developing countries in international environmental law. It offers a compelling analysis of the legal dimension of the relationship between developed and developing countries in the environmental field and beyond.

Philippe Cullet is also Research Associate at the World Trade Institute at the University of Berne.

Contents: International environmental law, sustainable development and differential treatment: an introduction; A conceptual framework for differential treatment; Differential treatment in international law; Differential treatment at the implementation level: technology transfer and implementation aid; Differential treatment in practice: the case of plant variety protection; The future of differential treatment; Bibliography; Index.