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Green roofs provide multiple benefits to households and urban neighbourhoods by lowering temperatures, reducing energy costs, and reducing stormwater runoff. However, green roofs are expensive and may not be available to all residents, which raises questions about who benefits from green roofs and urban policies that support this technology. Policies to support different social groups' access to this green infrastructure is important for achieving equity. This study aims to identify and analyze to what extent existing different rooftop greening incentives and mandatory policies in three American cities, including New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia, address environmental justice. Nine policies were analyzed from three cities based on three dimensions of environmental justice. The results show that all policies have neglected a degree of distributional, recognitional, and procedural environmental justice in their policies. Although incentives try to advance distributional justice by implementing green roofs in different parts of the city, these policies do not pay enough attention to support themes such as zoning, size, rental status, land value, and affordability in all urban areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Elizabeth Haub Prize - 2007 Award for Environmental Diplomacy 215 The Wake-up Call (Mohamed A. Sahnoun) 219 Antarctic Treaty System - Recent Developments (Elisa Morgera) 221 G-8 - Agreeing on Long-Term Goal for Climate Change Mitigation (Soledad Aguilar) 224 IWC / 61st AM - Talks Restart (Joanna Depledge) 227 Environmental Crisis Management (Manisha Shekhar) 228 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about the 62nd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) on September 18 to November 16, 2007 at the UN Headquarters in New York is presented. An overview of discussions on selected general and environmental issues are reported. A brief report on the high-level meeting on climate change on September 24, 2007 under the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is discussed.

This article highlights the award ceremony for the Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Diplomacy on March 8, 2005 in New York. Professor Lee Paddock, Director of Environmental Law programs at Pace University School of Law in Pleasantville, New York, introduced Professor Nicholas Robinson, a member of the Elizabeth Haub Award jury. The history of the Award is being recalled, which honors Elizabeth Haub, the distinguished German environmentalist. And Robinson paid tribute to the strong nature conservation values of Haub.

Reports on the 57th session of the United Nations General Assembly convened in New York from mid September to the end of December 2002 related to environmental policy and law. Discussion on resolutions concerning science and technology; Need for poverty eradication; Implementation of Agenda 21 and Programme for further implementation of Agenda 21.