Environmental Rights for Future Generations

Bridget Lewis (Queensland University of Technology)

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English

Cambridge University Press
30 October 2025

Human rights; Civil rights & citizenship; International human rights law; Environment law

This book presents readers with a new theory and practice of international human rights law that is designed to improve its protection of the environmental rights of future generations. Arguing that international law is currently unable to safeguard future generations from foreseeable environmental harm, Bridget Lewis proposes that the law needs to be reformed in the interests of achieving intergenerational justice. The book draws on different theories of intergenerational responsibility to articulate a fresh approach, revising both substantive principles of environmental rights and procedural rules of admissibility and standing. It looks at several case studies to explore how the proposed new approach would apply in relation to contemporary environmental challenges like fracking, deep seabed mining, nuclear energy, decarbonisation and geoengineering.

By: Bridget Lewis (Queensland University of Technology)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 539g
ISBN: 9781009574198
ISBN 10: 1009574191
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 30 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. The rationale; 3. The law; 4. The problem; 5. New theory and practice; 6. Unconventional natural resource extraction; 7. Climate adaptation, decarbonisation and geoengineering; 8. Nuclear energy; 9. Conclusion; Index.

Bridget Lewis is a human rights scholar whose research explores various issues at the intersection of the environment and human rights. Bridget's first book Environmental Human Rights and Climate Change: Current Status and Future Prospects (2018) critically examined the right to a healthy environment in the context of the climate crisis. Her recent research explores the human rights of future generations and the emerging trend of children's climate litigation.