The "Thirty-Percent Solution" and the Future of International Environmental Law

Abstract

It is a genuine pleasure to contribute to this collection of review essays on Daniel Bodansky’s The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law (hereinafter Art and Craft) organized by the Santa Clara Journal of International Law. Dan Bodansky has been toiling in the field of contemporary international environmental law and policy for over twenty-five years, a true pioneer. His academic efforts and professional contributions have helped firmly establish the area in the corpus of international law. His sapient analysis across a wide spectrum of regimes and issues, especially those associated with climate change, has often illuminated the way forward. Art and Craft marks a major multidisciplinary explanation of the complexities behind the variegated operation of international environmental law in its political, economic, and social contexts.