Gendering International Legal Responses to Environmental Chronic Emergencies

Gendering International Legal Responses to Environmental Chronic Emergencies

Edited by Sara De Vido, Professor of International Law, Ca” Foscari University of Venice, Deborah Russo, Professor of International Law, University of Florence and Enzamaria Tramontana, Professor of International Law, University of Palermo, Italy
Publication Date: 2026 ISBN: 978 1 03536 778 8 Extent: 308 pp
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This incisive book presents a gendered perspective on chronic environmental emergencies including climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and environmental degradation. Derived from the innovative concept of slow violence, the phenomenon of chronic environmental emergencies considers situational vulnerabilities and the disproportionate impact of these events on women.