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Is law failing to address air pollution? Reflections on international and EU developments
Author(s) -
Yamineva Yulia,
Romppanen Seita
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
review of european, comparative and international environmental law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2050-0394
pISSN - 2050-0386
DOI - 10.1111/reel.12223
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , context (archaeology) , air quality index , air pollution , corporate governance , political science , environmental planning , law and economics , business , sociology , geography , computer science , meteorology , chemistry , archaeology , organic chemistry , finance , programming language
Air pollution is a major global environmental problem, with various adverse effects on health and the environment. This introductory article provides an overview of related global and regional legal instruments. The article evaluates the legal landscape in terms of its coverage, geographic scope and effectiveness, and concludes that the legal measures currently in place fall far short of providing an adequate response to the problem of air pollution. Thus, there is a clear need to strengthen global and regional cooperation to improve air quality. Such cooperation is likely to take non‐binding and flexible forms and involve both wider participation among States and broader engagement of various stakeholders. The informal character of cooperation also makes it possible to experiment with new governance approaches that are difficult to implement within the context of traditional international law.