Guiding Principles For Creating Environmental Regulations That Work
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
123
Pages
8
Page Range
121 - 128
Published
2009
Size
238 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/AIR090111
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
T. S. Mullikin
Abstract
Creating sensible policies and regulations that reduce, stop and ultimately reverse the upward trend in greenhouse gas emissions are the topics of heated debate worldwide. By applying five guiding principles based upon years of experience formulating policies and regulations in a legal/legislative setting, workable environmental regulations can be developed and implemented. Five guiding principles require that policies and regulations be: 1) flexible in application 2) global in scope 3) market-driven in implementation 4) firmly anchored in economic reality 5) successful in demonstrating tangible environmental benefits. Keywords: government policies, regulations, climate change, environmental legislation, workable solutions, greenhouse.
Keywords
government policies, regulations, climate change, environmental legislation, workable solutions, greenhouse