Climate change is one of the main challenges to economic development in the 21st century. One proposed solution to mitigate climate change is to create a global market mechanism to incentivize greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) reduction where some parties may purchase verified emissions reductions...

A new wave of international discussion on an international binding instrument on business and human rights was triggered by the proposal for a business and human rights treaty by some states, originally represented by Ecuador and South Africa. Through its resolution A/HRC/RES/26/9 in June 2014,...