Notes on the Evolution of International Environmental Law. The Situation Today - 2019

Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and soft law acts are increasingly articulated and rather sophisticated, but in terms of effectiveness the progress is modest. The implementation of principles and rules of international environmental law remains problematic at both the international and national levels. The full recognition of a human right to a healthy environment might improve the effectiveness of the current legal systems, but not overcome their structural and substantial limits. The development of the required actions at the national level is constrained, not only in developing countries, by a lack of financial resources, institutional capacities, appropriate legislation.