National experiences and prospects
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National experiences and prospects
Abstract
The employment of so-called “new” environmental policy instruments such as eco-taxes, tradable permits, voluntary agreements, and eco-labels has resulted in widespread allegations that these tools have supplanted regulation. These publications provide a new perspective on the developing toolbox of environmental policy.
“For example, water rights originally assigned on a ‘first come, first served’ basis may leave no share of a river flow for ‘ecological services’ such as biodiversity conservation.”
Producer ‘take back’ regulations on consumer products increase enterprises’ liability for products they have sold, and a precautionary chemicals policy can shift the weight of proof regarding the risk and safety of novel substances (Jordan et al. 2003).
In this view, the creation of the environmental state coincides with a (partial) alteration of the terms under which states exercise authority, as well as the way such authority is legitimised (e.g.)
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