Essays about: "‘polluter pays’ principle"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words ‘polluter pays’ principle.

  1. 1. Who has the liability to pay for old pollution and what are the obstacles? : A case study of two Swedish municipalities

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, design och hållbar utveckling (2023-)

    Author : Yvonne Andreasson; [2023]
    Keywords : polluter-pays principle; old pollution; legislation; liability assessing; responsibility for old pollution;

    Abstract : The study investigates what the EU and Swedish legislation indicate about pollution, how the polluter-pays principle is used, and how the legislation has been applied in two Swedish municipalities. The purpose of the study was to identify if the legislation is a support or a barrier regarding accountability and financing of remediation of old pollution areas, and how polluted areas are handled in practice. READ MORE

  3. 2. Why It Can Be Effective To Be Just When Sharing Climate Burdens

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Carl-Otto Decker; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate burdens; Burden-sharing; Climate justice; The ability to pay; The polluter pays; The beneficiary pays; IPCC; Klimatbörda; klimatfördelning; Klimaträttvisa; Rättvisa; Förorenaren betalar.;

    Abstract : This article aims to provide both efficient and just ways of sharing mitigative and adaptive climate burden costs. Time is an important factor when constructing policies which are set out to turn negative temperature trends around. Justice is another crucial value to consider when deciding who ought to carry out these climate burdens. READ MORE

  4. 3. Climate Justice for Tuvalu : Awarding Compensation for Loss and Damages caused by Anthropogenic Climate Change

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Myriel Julie Mathez; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate Justice; Compensation; Loss and Damage; Tuvalu; Polluter Pays;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to enable the compensation for sustained Loss and Damage on Tuvalu through a principle conforming to the requirements of Climate Justice. By applying the method of conceptual framework analysis, the various concepts which form the larger frameworks of Climate Justice and Loss and Damage are identified and narrowed down to parameters. READ MORE

  5. 4. Clunkers for Mobility? A critical environmental justice perspective on the EU’s exports of used cars to the Global South

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Sophie Scherger; [2021]
    Keywords : environmental justice; second-hand cars; world-system theory; environmental load displacement; used car trade; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the face of climate change, governments in the Global North have decided on various decarbonisation plans. With the transport sector causing more than a quarter of the global greenhouse gas emissions, its decarbonisation has become a central debate. READ MORE

  6. 5. Who Should Pay for Pollution? - The Relationship between the European Green Deal, State Aid for Environmental Protection, and the Polluter Pays Principle

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Zacharias Lilja Jensen; [2021]
    Keywords : EU-rätt; EU law; konkurrensrätt; State aid; Statliga stödåtgärder; Polluter pays principle; förorenaren betalar principen; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Europeiska Kommissionens riktlinjer för statligt stöd till miljöskydd och energi fungerar som rådgivande dokument till Medlemsstater när de utvecklar statliga stödåtgärder för miljöskydd och energi. Kommissionen har lagt till förslag att utvidga riktlinjernas räckvidd för att implementera den europeiska gröna given som fastställer målet för Europa att bli klimatneutralt 2050. READ MORE