Regulation of Decision Making

Holder, Jane

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199207589.003.0007

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“…24 This neutrality is conveyed by impact statements that emphasize scientific techniques, using value-free terms such as the 'public interest'. 25 From this apolitical view, 26 public participation is valued purely for producing additional information. 27 Over time, these assumptions of complete rationality have been increasingly questioned, 28 recognizing that EIA unavoidably involves political decisions 29 about prioritizing conflicting interests.…”

Section: Rationales For Eia: Theoretical Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Latent Potential of Cumulative Effects Concepts in National and International Environmental Impact Assessment Regimes

Nelson¹,

Shirley²

2022

TEL

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Most modern-day environmental issues are caused by the complex aggregation and interaction of numerous actions contributing to large-scale problems, from biodiversity loss to climate change. Environmental impact assessments (EIAs) consider how projects contribute to these cumulative environmental problems. This article firstly evaluates the theoretical importance of cumulative effects concepts for EIA. It reveals their potential to spotlight values embedded in decision making and to illuminate, as a lighthouse would, types of harm from broad-ranging, typically unregulated, activities. A large-scale global survey of national EIA laws and multilateral environmental agreements then shows that cumulative effects concepts are legally relevant for most national EIA frameworks. This prevalence suggests that better implementation of cumulative effects provisions may help EIA law to deliver more significant benefits than previously appreciated. Evaluating a sample of EIA provisions shows that cumulative effects concepts can contribute to different stages of an EIA, but that using these concepts across all EIA stages would maximize their potential to achieve the theoretical benefits identified. From theoretical and practical legal perspectives, cumulative effects concepts have significant latent potential – perhaps transformational potential – to address cumulative environmental change through EIA regimes at national and international levels. However, without better implementation, the latent potential of these laws to address cumulative environmental problems is likely to remain unrealized. By shedding light on the extent of national and international legal frameworks that adopt cumulative effects concepts, and their differences, this article highlights the significant learning potential between legal regimes to aid improved implementation.

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Section: Rationales For Eia: Theoretical Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Latent Potential of Cumulative Effects Concepts in National and International Environmental Impact Assessment Regimes

Nelson¹,

Shirley²

2022

TEL

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“…ст. припис «ad quod damnum» був спрямований на забезпечення використання земель, ідея ж про те, що потрібно охороняти землю, оскільки вона є природною цінністю, була невластива тогочасному суспільству (вільне тлумачення 18 ).…”

Section: припис «Ad Quod Damnum» як історичний попередник дозвільних unclassified

Процедури Участі Громадськості У Прийнятті Рішень Щодо Видів Діяльності, Що Мають Або Можуть Мати Негативний Вплив На Довкілля Як Засоби Встановлення Правил Добросусідства

Tretiak¹

2019

LRKUL

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Досвід застосування процедур участі громадськості у процесі прийняття рішень, які дозволяють і встановлюють умови для здійснення екологічно-шкідливої діяльності, свідчить, що їх потенціал залишається не достатньо використаним. Належне використання цих процедур дасть змогу підвищити ефективність охорони права власності від порушень, що є результатом негативного впливу від промислового устаткування, а також запобігти зайвим витратами, які змушені нести підприємці у зв’язку з конфліктами з громадськістю, що зазнає негативного впливу від експлуатації екологічно шкідливого устаткування. Автор статті ставить за мету дослідити правову природу процедур участі громадськості у зазначених процедурах, що дасть змогу більш повно використовувати їх потенціал.

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“…Here, we focus on the EIA Directive, 156 which essentially regulates environmental decision-making. This focus is motivated by the fact that environmental assessments, as a regulatory mechanism, are often considered as "a mainframe of environmental law", 157 and consequently understood to provide a focal point for examining the relationship between environmental law and governance. 158 In brief, the EIA Directive requires that before a Member State approves projects "likely to have significant effect on the environment", 159 such projects must undergo impact assessments.…”

Section: Legal Challenges In Transposing the Environmental Acquismentioning

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Environmental Protection Through The Prism Of Enlargement:Time For Reflection

Bogojević¹,

Drenovak-Ivanović²

2019

COLA

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In the wake of crises and “enlargement fatigue”, EU politics deprioritized enlargement. Recently, however, the Commission motioned a reinvigorated enlargement prospect for the Western Balkans, identifying Serbia and Montenegro as the front runners. This paper advises that in going forward, the EU should also look back at its five decades of enlargement. The article focuses on environmental protection – a key EU public policy – and the way in which it features in the ever-evolving accession conditions and accession acts. It emerges that environmental protection has been marginalized throughout EU’s enlargement history. Taking Serbia as a case study, it is shown that this is highly problematic, since environmental protection is linked to safeguarding the rule of law – an essential criterion for EU membership. The role of environmental protection in the EU’s enlargement policies should thus be reprioritized.

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Regulation of Decision Making

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The Latent Potential of Cumulative Effects Concepts in National and International Environmental Impact Assessment Regimes

The Latent Potential of Cumulative Effects Concepts in National and International Environmental Impact Assessment Regimes

Environmental Protection Through The Prism Of Enlargement:Time For Reflection

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