TY - GEN AB - This article introduces the conceptual foundations of the initiative towards the adoption of a Global Pact for the Environment. It first situates the search for a global framework instrument on environmental protection in a long-term perspective and then discusses the main reasons why it is needed. Against this background, the article presents the current expression of this much broader trend, in the form of the initiative for a Global Pact for the Environment and the momentum it has generated in policy circles, first and foremost at the level of the United Nations General Assembly. AU - Aguila, Yann AU - ViƱuales, Jorge E DA - 2019 DO - 10.1111/reel.12277 DO - doi ID - 298240 L1 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298240/files/reel.12277.pdf L2 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298240/files/reel.12277.pdf L4 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298240/files/reel.12277.pdf LK - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298240/files/reel.12277.pdf N1 - RECIEL Special issue: The Global Pact for the Environment and gaps in international environmental law N2 - This article introduces the conceptual foundations of the initiative towards the adoption of a Global Pact for the Environment. It first situates the search for a global framework instrument on environmental protection in a long-term perspective and then discusses the main reasons why it is needed. Against this background, the article presents the current expression of this much broader trend, in the form of the initiative for a Global Pact for the Environment and the momentum it has generated in policy circles, first and foremost at the level of the United Nations General Assembly. PY - 2019 T1 - A Global Pact for the Environmentconceptual foundations TI - A Global Pact for the Environmentconceptual foundations UR - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/298240/files/reel.12277.pdf Y1 - 2019 ER -