European Environmental Law

Kingston, Suzanne; Heyvaert, Veerle; Čavoški, Aleksandra

doi:10.1017/9781139044202

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“…Principles and rules settled both by the European primary law (i.e., TEU and TFEU) and secondary law (regulations and directives) prevail on the national legislations of the member states as a tribute to the general principle of the primauté of European law. Evaluated as a unique regulatory body, these sources gave shape to European environmental law [29][30][31].…”

Section: Past Present and Future Regulations 21 European Environmental Law Concept And Trend Evolutionmentioning

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Enhancing a Transition to a Circular Economy in the Water Sector: The EU Project WIDER UPTAKE

Mannina

Badalucco

Barbara

et al. 2021

Water

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Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) require an urgent transition from a linear to a circular economy operation/design concept with a consequent resource recovery and more sustainable waste management. Natural resources have to be preserved, and wastes have to become an opportunity for recovering resources and materials (water reuse, energy, sludge reuse). However, the transition toward a circular economy is a complex and long process due to the existence of technical, economic, social and regulatory barriers. These existing barriers are critical challenges for a modern and sustainable WWTP concept. The recovery of resources must be considered a strategic target from the earliest process-design phase. In this context, the European Union’s Horizon 2020 project “Achieving wider uptake of water-smart solutions—WIDER UPTAKE” aims to overcome the existing barriers (technological, regulatory, organizational, social and economic) toward the transition from a linear to a circular economy model for WWTPs. This study is aimed at increasing the awareness of the existing barriers to a circular economy and summarizes the key contributions of the WIDER UPTAKE project in terms of water reuse, sludge reuse and nutrient recovery.

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Section: Past Present and Future Regulations 21 European Environmental Law Concept And Trend Evolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing a Transition to a Circular Economy in the Water Sector: The EU Project WIDER UPTAKE

Mannina

Badalucco

Barbara

et al. 2021

Water

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“…In the Asia region, it is notable that Southeast Asian and Pacific Island subregions regularly send representatives to many of the major conferences of the parties of multilateral environmental treaties or agreements [27]. However, in comparing this region with, for example, the European Union [28], these regimes remain at the early stage of development. Regarding the negotiation of regional instruments and declarations, it is perhaps inevitable that the lowest common denominator of legal provisions, policies and standards are put forward in order to achieve consensus, particularly in regions where sovereignty and the principle of non-interference continue to be in play [29].…”

Section: The Development Of International and Regional Environmental Laws In Asiamentioning

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An Assessment of Environmental Policy Implications under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: A Perspective of Environmental Laws and Sustainable Development

Khan

2021

Sustainability

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Environmental issues know no boundaries and are recognised as a matter of regional and/or global concern, and neighbouring countries have to face shared environmental effects. Environmental laws internationally, particularly in the last thirty years, have grown significantly and have contributed to environmental protection in a variety of national, regional and international management strategies. In recent years, environmental legislation has entered into a responsible and mature phase in several non-Western countries, particularly in Asia. The present study examines the shared environmental obligations of regional or neighbouring countries using China and Pakistan as a case study and provides references from international (environmental) laws as well as states’ best practices. This study adopts a well-defined analytical methodology to not only investigate the implications of environmental laws but also to define the gaps in the existing framework of environmental laws in the region and recommend appropriate grounds to systematically fill these gaps through much-needed legal cooperation before it is too late. The study provides a detailed analysis and pertinent knowledge horizons, and concludes that there is an abrupt need for China and Pakistan to revise their trade agreements and include the environment as an integral part of each mega-infrastructural activity, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Most of the potential outcomes are already known but there is little academic discussion available concerning the perspective of cross-boundary environmental laws, and the present study intends to fill this gap.

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“…29 This was achieved by developing its role as the primary actor in creating the setting for the co-production of science and law. 30 The Commission uses various methods to facilitate this interaction and mediates between different interests involved in the policy-making process aligned with the four main co-production pathways identified by Jasanoff. 31 As those pathways of co-production are interlinked and form part of the legislative and policy-making process, they may be regarded as benchmarks for assessing co-production in different settings, including the Commission.…”

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Science and Law in Environmental Law and Policy: The Case of the European Commission

Čavoški¹

2020

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AbstractThis article draws on empirical research conducted with European Commission officials in three Directorates-General and its other services on their perception of how the legislative and policy-making process facilitates the interaction of science and environmental law. This article deploys Sheila Jasanoff's theoretical framework of co-production as an important lens to examine how the European Commission creates this interaction of science and law in environmental policy making and identifies how the Commission incorporates different voices and stakeholders in this policy area. The Commission can be seen as a vehicle of co-production of science and law in EU environmental policy by building strong expert identities, putting in place institutional processes and instruments, and creating discourse between scientists and lawyers leading to outputs of co-production. It is argued that in actively facilitating co-production, the Commission underpins the legislative and policy-making process with its institutional values.

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European Environmental Law

Cited by 47 publications

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Enhancing a Transition to a Circular Economy in the Water Sector: The EU Project WIDER UPTAKE

Enhancing a Transition to a Circular Economy in the Water Sector: The EU Project WIDER UPTAKE

An Assessment of Environmental Policy Implications under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: A Perspective of Environmental Laws and Sustainable Development

Science and Law in Environmental Law and Policy: The Case of the European Commission

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