International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2014

This document compiles papers from the University of Eastern Finland and UNEP’s 2014 course on multilateral environmental agreements. It examines environmental security as concept and practice. It outlines education efforts for future negotiators. It reviews definitions, drivers, and legal responses. It analyzes law’s role through case studies. It addresses transboundary freshwater governance. Chapters assess the UNECE Water Convention, EU water directives with a Finland case, and the SADC Protocol on Shared Watercourses. It includes a multilateral negotiation simulation on transboundary aquifers. The volume explains course history, methods, and editorial standards, and aims to strengthen treaty implementation and cooperation and outcomes.