International environmental law (IEL) has been unable to respond effectively to the Anthropocene’s global socio-ecological crisis, which is critically existential and requires radical interventions and regulatory reform. This article explores the potential of the recent United Nations (UN)-backed initiative to adopt a Global Pact for the Environment as an opportunity to reform IEL. It does so by (i) reflecting on the Anthropocene’s demands for a constitutionalized form of IEL through the lens of global environmental constitutionalism; (ii) investigating the extent to which the Global Pact could contribute to such a vision; and (iii) suggesting ways in which to strengthen the constitutional potential of the Global Pact in this endeavour. To this end, the article revisits the World Charter for Nature of 1982, which seems to have slipped off the radar in academic as well as policy circles. A case is made for renewed support of the Charter – which already enjoys the backing of the majority of UN General Assembly member states, and which has constitutional qualities – to serve as a ‘best-practice’ example during the ensuing negotiation of the Global Pact.

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人类世的全球环境宪法？

国际环境法 (IEL) 一直无法有效应对人类世的全球社会生态危机，这场危机至关重要，需要彻底的干预和监管改革。本文探讨了最近联合国 (UN) 支持的倡议通过一项全球环境公约作为改革 IEL 的机会的潜力。它通过 (i) 通过全球环境宪政主义的视角反思人类世对 IEL 的宪政形式的要求；(ii) 调查全球契约在多大程度上有助于实现这一愿景；(iii) 提出加强全球公约在这一努力中的宪法潜力的方法。为此，本文重新审视了 1982 年的《世界自然宪章》，这似乎在学术界和政策界都没有引起人们的注意。有理由重新支持《宪章》——它已经得到联合国大会大多数成员国的支持，并且具有宪法性质——在随后的全球公约谈判中作为“最佳实践”的例子.