Towards a Regime of Emission Litigation based on Science. (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Purnhagen, Kai
• Is Part Of: European journal of risk regulation. Volume 6:Number 3(2015)
• Page Start: 443
• Page End: 444
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: Risk management -- Periodicals; Risk management -- Europe -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 363.102
• DOI: 10.1017/S1867299X0000492X
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1867-299X

Abstract

Abstract : Courts in Europe increasingly acknowledge an individual right to emission reduction against states. Such a right forms a new policy tool that can be used to enforce emission reduction. It can also be used to enforce scientifically sound environmental policy, as Courts recognise science as a default position when determining the content of the right. The individual right to emission reduction is another tool in the making to consider when implementing scientific insights into policy making.