scholarly journals The Role of Law in Transformative Environmental Policies—A Case Study of “Timber in Buildings Construction in Germany”

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grit Ludwig
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Third Phase ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Course Stability

Over the last decades, environmental law has significantly contributed to limiting the environmental impacts of our mode of living. Yet environmental problems still prevail and are strongly linked to our production and consumption systems. Therefore, the current challenges must be tackled with a systemic approach. The concept of transformative environmental policy identifies approaches for policymakers to interfere in socio-economic systems in order to give them a more sustainable structure. This article seeks to identify the contributions that law can make to a transformation towards sustainability. For illustrative purposes, I point out the concrete steps in a case study on increasing the use of timber in buildings construction in Germany. I argue that law plays a role in all three phases of a transformation/transition. The legal framework must enable innovations and experiments in the first transformation phase, come up with restricting regulations for old non-sustainable structures in the second phase, and in the third phase provide course stability for the new system. I conclude that the concept of transformative environmental policy helps to design adaptations of the legal framework in order to transform socio-economic and socio-technical systems towards more sustainability.

scholarly journals Impact of circular economy as the EU’s ambitious policy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-96
Author(s):  
Urška Fric
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The article describes the role of legislative and legal framework which brought about a new approach to waste management through the concept of circular economy, and its drivers. We explicitly focus on the impact of ambitious EU environmental policy and its financial support from the European Commission (EC) which helped social actors recognize not only the ecological, but also the economic and social benefits of the circular economy. Over 50 actions under the “Circular Economy Action Plan” launched in 2015 have been delivered or are being implemented in this period in European Union (EU). Through overview of the EU’s ambitious policy, best practice of the circular economy in the world and status quo in circular economy at EU level we also show the circular economy is nowadays a crucial megatrend and there is still needed to increase up action at EU level, provide the competitive advantage it brings to EU economy and close the loop. Beside impact of ambitious EU environmental policy article focuses on the Cultural Political Economy (CPE) approach as a political economy approach with the purpose for explaining the role of legislative and legal framework as a mechanism for selection and retention of the paradigm of circular economy.

scholarly journals The Role of eu Agencies in Fighting Transnational Environmental Crime: New Challenges for Eurojust and Europol

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valsamis Mitsilegas ◽  
Fabio Giuffrida
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Environmental Crime ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
The European Union ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

The last decades have witnessed a growing emphasis on the relationship between environmental law and criminal law. Legislation aimed at tackling environmental crime has been adopted at national,eu, and international level and has been gradually evolving over time. These developments notwithstanding, the current legal framework faces a number of challenges in tackling the largely inter-related phenomena of transnational, organised and economic environmental crime. This study of Valsamis Mitsilegas and Fabio Giuffrida addresses these challenges by focusing on the role of the European Union- and more specifically its criminal justice agencies (Europol and Eurojust)- in tackling transnational environmental crime. The study analyses the role of Eurojust and Europol in supporting and coordinating the competent national authorities dealing with investigations and/or prosecutions on transnational environmental crime, and it shows that, for the time being, the full potential of these agencies is not adequately fulfilled with regard to fighting this phenomenon effectively.

Citizen’s Rights in European Environmental Law: Stock-Taking of Key Challenges and Current Developments in Relation to Public Access to Information, Participation and Access to Justice

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-90
Author(s):  
J. Jendrośka
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Law ◽  
National Level ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Aarhus Convention ◽  
Compliance Mechanism ◽  
Implementation Problems

The article aims to provide a short overview of the current situation regarding public access to information, participation and access to justice in Europe. The article briefly presents the role of the Aarhus Convention and its compliance mechanism in shaping the respective legal framework at both national level and EU level. On that basis it summarises some key challenges and implementation problems respectively in relation to public access to information, participation and access to justice.

scholarly journals Mandate (credential) as mitigation culture on local community of Sindang Barang

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTEKS Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur ◽  
Cahyo Septianto Hutomo ◽  
Agus Suharjono Ekomadyo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Physical Elements ◽  
The Times

Local wisdom can be learned through discovery of physical elements of traditional villages, such as spatial layout, architectural objects, and daily activities. The organization prevailing in environment plays an important role in managing a contextual mitigation culture. The co-existence of authority (mandate) masters have the authority of value/cultural capital and to create symbolic elements, such as will or belief. Sindang Barang Cultural Village was taken as a case study to reveal the history and role of the mandate in the culture of disaster mitigation. This study aims to observe the role of the mandate and its impact in disaster mitigation. The role of the mandate is also examined to see the existence of efforts to preserve the values of local wisdom towards the times. This research uses descriptive-qualitative method by tracing the phenomena and artifacts in the field. The analysis carried out in two phases. The first phase is to create a mitigation concept table based on the existing program or artifacts. The second phase is to discuss the mitigation culture based on its classified capacities. The mitigation seen from the Sindang Barang Cultural Village program and artifacts is the risk of fire, earthquake, and landslide. The process of determining a mandate is commensurate with adaptive capacity because this stage tends to lead to restriction or orders about in program that is carried out systematically in particular context.

scholarly journals “Journal of the History of Economic Thought Preprints - Economists and Their Travels, or the Time When JFK Sent Douglass North on a Mission to Brazil”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Boianovsky
Keyword(s):  
Economic Thought ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
History Of Economics ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Douglass North

The role of traveling as a source of discovery and development of new ideas has been controversial in the history of economics. Despite their protective attitude toward established theory, economists have traveled widely and gained new insights or asked new questions as a result of their exposition to “other” economic systems, ideas and forms of behavior. That is particularly the case when they travel to new places while their frameworks are in their initial stages or undergoing changes. This essay examines economists’ traveling as a potential source of new hypotheses, from the 18th to the 20th centuries, with a detailed case study of Douglass North’s 1961 travel to Brazil.

scholarly journals An insurance fund as a tool for preserving and accruing the innovative and environmental potentials of economic systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Veronika Frolova ◽  
Lubov Shamina
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Insurance Fund ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Safety Strategy

Considering the 2030 Russian Federation environmental policy and the Environmental Safety Strategy for the period until 2025, which make us re-evaluate the role of insurance as a whole, expanding it to include environmental insurance and environmental innovations, we determine four main types of environmental investments in sustainable innovations. Additionally, we look into the possibility of further development of environmental insurance in view of sustainable economics.

Fuzzy-Based Approach for Reducing the Impacts of Climate Changes on Agricultural Crops

2017 ◽  
pp. 272-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Gadallah ◽  
Assem H. Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Climate Changes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Planting Dates ◽  
Third Phase ◽  
First Case ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Future Research Directions

Climate changes play a significant role in the crops plantation process. Such changes affect the suitability of planting of many crops in their traditional plantation dates in a given place. In contrary, many of such crops become more suitable for planting at other new dates in their traditional places or in other new places regarding the climate changes. This chapter presents a fuzzy-based approach for optimizing crops planting dates with the ongoing changes in climate at a given place. The proposed approach incorporates four phases. The first phase is concerned with climate data preparation. And the second phase is concerned with Defining suitability membership functions. While in third phase is responsible for automatic fuzzy clustering. Finally, the fourth phase is responsible for fuzzy selection and optimization for the more suitable plantation dates for each crop. This chapter consists of an introduction, related works, the proposed approach, a first case study, a second case study, results discussion, future research directions and finally the chapter conclusion.

Fuzzy-Based Approach for Reducing the Impacts of Climate Changes on Agricultural Crops

2018 ◽  
pp. 88-110
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Gadallah ◽  
Assem H. Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Climate Changes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Planting Dates ◽  
Third Phase ◽  
First Case ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Future Research Directions

Climate changes play a significant role in the crops plantation process. Such changes affect the suitability of planting of many crops in their traditional plantation dates in a given place. In contrary, many of such crops become more suitable for planting at other new dates in their traditional places or in other new places regarding the climate changes. This chapter presents a fuzzy-based approach for optimizing crops planting dates with the ongoing changes in climate at a given place. The proposed approach incorporates four phases. The first phase is concerned with climate data preparation. And the second phase is concerned with Defining suitability membership functions. While in third phase is responsible for automatic fuzzy clustering. Finally, the fourth phase is responsible for fuzzy selection and optimization for the more suitable plantation dates for each crop. This chapter consists of an introduction, related works, the proposed approach, a first case study, a second case study, results discussion, future research directions and finally the chapter conclusion.

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