Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Notes on contributors
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- PART I Earth system analysis
- PART II Society and institutions of global; environmental change
- PART III Self-regulation of industry and the law
- PART IV The potential of the state
- PART V The potential of world regions
- 13 The EU: a regional model?
- 14 Transition and governance: the case of post-communist states
- PART VI Formation and implementation of international regimes
- PART VII Improving the instruments of global governance
- PART VIII Fundamental concepts of institutionalising common concern
- Index
13 - The EU: a regional model?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Notes on contributors
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- PART I Earth system analysis
- PART II Society and institutions of global; environmental change
- PART III Self-regulation of industry and the law
- PART IV The potential of the state
- PART V The potential of world regions
- 13 The EU: a regional model?
- 14 Transition and governance: the case of post-communist states
- PART VI Formation and implementation of international regimes
- PART VII Improving the instruments of global governance
- PART VIII Fundamental concepts of institutionalising common concern
- Index
Summary
The present contribution will examine whether global environmental law and policy can profit from the experience of the European Union (EU) in this field. In the first section, EU environmental policy and law will be presented. In section II, some aspects are discussed which show deficiencies or gaps in global environmental policy and law. Section III discusses the possibility of transferring some experience from the EU scene to the international level. The chapter ends with some concluding remarks.
The European Union's environmental policy and law
The European Union is a regional integration organisation, consisting at present of twenty-five nation states and more than 450 million people. It is established by the Treaty on European Union which enshrines several other Treaties. One of its objectives is the achievement of a balanced and sustainable development:
The Union's sustainable development strategy is based on the principle that the economic, social and environmental effects of all policies should be examined in a coordinated way and taken into account in decision-making.
Since the beginning of the 1970s, the European Union has developed an environmental policy which has been, over the years, extended and fine-tuned, and presently covers practically all areas of environmental concern. Some 350 sets of provisions – in the EU terminology, Regulations or Directives – deal with environmental issues, in particular water and air pollution, waste management, nature conservation and biodiversity protection, products and noise, permits, ozone layer and climate change issues.
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- Multilevel Governance of Global Environmental ChangePerspectives from Science, Sociology and the Law, pp. 333 - 357Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006
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