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Climate Impacts
The accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere due to fossil fuel combustion, land use change, and other anthropogenic activities may have begun to change the global climate system (Houghton ...
environmental court
Forms of specialist environmental court have been established in a number of common law jurisdictions, notably the Environment Court in New Zealand, and various courts in Australian States, such as ...
environmental ethics
A search for moral values and ethical principles in human relations with the natural world. See also ethics, land ethcs, stewardship.
environmental Law
The body of official legal rules, decisions, and actions that relate to environmental quality, natural resources, and ecological sustainability.
European Union environmental law
European Union environmental law is that body of law emanating from the European Union (‘EU’) concerning environmental protection. Technically speaking this body of law is Community environmental law ...
London Convention of 1972
Dredged spoils, radioactive material, and a wide range of municipal and industrial waste have for decades been disposed of by dumping or incineration at sea. These options have been attractive ...
no regrets policy
An approach to management that involves erring on the side of caution and planning well in advance. See also precautionary principle.
nonmaleficence
The ethical principle of doing no harm, expressed in the ancient medical maxim primum non nocere (first do no harm). Its approximate counterpart in population health is the precautionary principle.
ozone
Triatomic oxygen, a very reactive, irritant gas, mainly formed in the atmosphere by various photochemical reactions. Its concentration is measured in Dobson units. It is found primarily at three ...
Precautionary Principle Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Global Change
The precautionary principle is a legal and policy principle addressing the problem of scientific uncertainty in environmental decision-making. Although numerous
precautionary principle Reference library
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (3 ed.)
A principle or tenet of international environmental law, the classic formulation of which is in Principle 15 of the Rio
Precautionary Principle Reference library
Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather (2 ed.)
The precautionary principle captures the intuition that when it comes to human health and the environment it is better to
precautionary principle Reference library
The New Oxford Companion to Law
The precautionary principle is a legal principle concerned with how power is exercised in relation to taking environmental and public
Precautionary Principle Reference library
Encyclopedia of Global Change
The precautionary principle is a legal and policy principle addressing the problem of scientific uncertainty in environmental decision making. Although
product safety
Products must be safe for people to use. There are various direct controls that are intended to ensure that an adequate level of safety is maintained. The concept of ‘safety’ ...
Rio Declaration
The declaration that summarized the deliberations of the delegates to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, in 1992 (the Rio Summit). These were expressed in 27 ...
Straddling and Migratory Stocks Agreement
The United Nations Agreement on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (in full, the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the ...
sustainable development
A concept that is used to describe community and economic development in terms of meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. See also ...
wait-and-see principle
A conservative approach to environmental management, in which action is postponed until complete, correct, and detailed predictions of the likely impacts of different courses of action are available. ...
