This article considers the implications of a March, 2015 ruling of a tribunal struck under the Chapter 11 investor protection provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The majority of the tribunal found that Canada violated Articles 1102 and 1105 of NAFTA when the federal...

This chapter examines the development of transboundary environmental impact assessment (TEIA) in international law. It includes the development of transboundary norms to address potential significant environmental efforts in shared areas, and areas beyond national jurisdiction together with the...

Contents of this report are: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and policy formulation by Kulsum Ahmed, and Ernesto Sanchez-Triana. Policy-level strategic environmental assessments: process integration and incentives of policy proponents by Leonard Ortolano. The continuous process of...

In order to deal with problems related to both water quality and quantity as well as to strengthen the sustainable and integrative management of the nation's water resources, the Vietnamese Government has adopted a wide spectrum of laws and regulations. In recent years, more than 300...

This study discusses a DEA approach for environmental assessment. The proposed approach examines a level of simultaneous achievement on economic prosperity and environmental protection, so measuring the level of “sustainability.” DEA, standing for Data Envelopment Analysis, has been widely...

This article considers the ability of environmental assessment laws to bolster legal responses to climate change. Using the California Environmental Quality Act as an example, it explains that environmental assessment laws already impose legal limits upon greenhouse gas emissions. It then...

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an instrument of environmental governance that ensures that the environmental implications of decisions are taken into account before the decisions are made. As such, environmental impact assessment constitutes the legal response to risk management needs...

Environmental Impact Assessment is a tool in ensuring environmental protection. Projects which impact the environment significantly are assessed with the aim of predicting the consequences as well as identifying appropriate measures for minimizing the adverse effects the project may have on...