The Willing World
Shaping and Sharing a Sustainable Global Prosperity

Explains how to grow and govern the global economy in ways that will work economically and environmentally for sustainable development.

James Bacchus (Author)

9781108428217, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 19 July 2018

524 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 3 cm, 0.89 kg

'With the knowledge of one who has been there, James Bacchus both demonstrates what it takes - and challenges us - to ensure a prosperous future, a livable world for ours and future generations. And he does it by refreshing the construct of sustainable development and reviewing it against the high stakes of inaction in the face of evidence; the power of the rule of law and the imperative to re-imagine and adapt it; the vital need to advance an enlightened global compact through cooperation rather than confrontation. A must-read for anyone engaged in the global governance of trade and investment, climate, energy and natural resources, and development.' Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz, Chief Executive, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

In this time of unwillingness, the right kinds of global solutions are needed now more than ever. Climate change is here and intensifying. Anxieties over economic globalization grip many in the fear of change. While these fearful have turned inward into unwillingness, the world's willing are working harder than ever for international and other cooperative solutions. James Bacchus explains why most of the solutions we need must be found in local and regional partnerships of the willing that can be scaled up and linked up worldwide. This can only be achieved within new and enhanced enabling frameworks of global and other international rules that are upheld through the international rule of law. To succeed, these rules and frameworks must for the first time see and treat economy and environment as one. The Willing World explains how best we can build the right legal structure to attain our global goals - and summon and inspire the willingness needed to do it.

Preface
Introduction
Part I. On What We Hope to Do: 1. On the elusive definition of sustainable development
2. On defining sustainable development by doing it
3. On the indivisibility of our economic and environmental future
4. On the necessity of the international rule of law for effective global economic and environmental governance
Part II. On What We Have Done So Far: 5. On the nature of competitiveness and the need for world trade rules
6. On our international economic efforts on trade and investment
7. On our climate and other international environmental efforts
8. On our global goals for sustainable development
9. On the unfolding of international economic and environmental law in our unwilling world
Part III. On What We Must Do Now: 10. On the need for new approaches to global economic and environmental goals and governance
11. On re-imagining the relationship between economy and environment in international economic law to support sustainable development
12. On a new approach for sustainable energy in international trade law
13. On how international investment law can be re-imagined for sustainable development
14. On policy space and post-Paris climate action
15. On food, forests, ocean, and fisheries
16. On water, biodiversity, and rules to protect natural resources
17. On making and re-making enabling frameworks for sustainable development
18. On resolving disputes and linking enabling frameworks through the international rule of law
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Sustainability [RNU], The environment [RN], International environmental law [LBBP], International economic & trade law [LBBM], Public international law [LBB], International law [LB], Law [L], International institutions [JPSN], International relations [JPS], Politics & government [JP]