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T1 Gaps and Opportunities for Synergies in International Environmental Law on Climate and Biodiversity to Promote the Sustainable Development Goals: Chapter 3
A2 Rantala, Salla
A2 Iacobuta, Gabriela
A2 Minestrini, Stefania
A2 Tribukait, Julika
K1 environmental law
K1 environmental management
K1 sustainable development
K1 climate change
K1 biological diversity
PB United Nations Environment Programme
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34373
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34373
NO The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a new mode of governance through shared goals instead of legally binding international agreements. Nevertheless, global action is required as the sustainability challenges transcend national boundaries. This is particularly true for global environmental commons that make  up the stock of global natural capital and sustain life on Earth. International law recognizes four specific areas of global commons that fall outside of any national jurisdiction: the high seas, the atmosphere, Antarctica and outer space. In the context of sustainable development, other commons which may lie within national or regional jurisdictions, but whose continuing existence confers benefits beyond them, are often mentioned: the tropical rain forests, land and biodiversity.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 19, 2026