Objective Can benefit-sharing address the equity deficit within the green economy? This project aims to investigate benefit-sharing as an under-theorised and little-implemented regulatory approach to the equity concerns (disregard for the special circumstances of developing countries and of indigenous peoples and local communities) in transitioning to the green economy.Although benefit-sharing is increasingly deployed in a variety of international environmental agreements and also in human rights and corporate accountability instruments, no comprehensive account exists of its conceptual and practical relevance to equitably address global environmental challenges. This project will be the first systematic evaluation of the conceptualisations and operationalisations of benefit-sharing as a tool for equitable change through the allocation among different stakeholders of economic and also socio-cultural and environmental advantages arising from natural resource use.The project will combine a comparative study of international law with empirical legal research, and include an inter-disciplinary study integrating political sociology in a legal enquiry on the role of “biocultural community protocols” that articulate and implement benefit-sharing at the intersection of international, transnational, national and indigenous communities’ customary law (global environmental law).The project aims to: 1. develop a comprehensive understanding of benefit-sharing in international law; 2. clarify whether and how benefit-sharing supports equity and the protection of human rights across key sectors of international environmental regulation (biodiversity, climate change, oceans, food and agriculture) that are seen as inter-related in the transition to the green economy; 3. understand the development of benefit-sharing in the context of global environmental law; and4. clarify the role of transnational legal advisors (NGOs and bilateral cooperation partners) in the green economy. Fields of science social sciencessociologysocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societynongovernmental organizationssocial scienceslawinternational lawnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changessocial scienceslawhuman rights Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-SG-SH2 - ERC Starting Grant - Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour Call for proposal ERC-2013-StG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE Address Richmond street 16 G1 1XQ Glasgow United Kingdom See on map Region Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Principal investigator Elisa Morgera (Dr.) Administrative Contact Martin Gregory (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Beneficiaries (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE United Kingdom EU contribution € 727 850,07 Address Richmond street 16 G1 1XQ Glasgow See on map Region Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Principal investigator Elisa Morgera (Dr.) Administrative Contact Martin Gregory (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN United Kingdom EU contribution € 317 316,68 Address Brayford pool LN6 7TS Lincoln See on map Region East Midlands (England) Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Glen Bowness (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 436 541,25 Address Old college, south bridge EH8 9YL Edinburgh See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Angela Noble (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
