E.U. Public Policy Professor John Wilton Lecture 10 Environment policy.

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E.U. Public Policy Professor John Wilton Lecture 10 Environment policy

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 1.Brief historical development of E.U. environment policy; 2.The theoretical perspective 3.E.U. environment policy within the context of the defining characteristics and underlying principles of E.U. public policy

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 1.The historical development of E.U. environment policy - change in political views at Council of Ministers meeting, Paris, Oct (AGENDA-SETTING) EEC Environment and Consumer Protection Service set up - attached to Industrial Policy Directorate-General

E.U. Public Policy Lecture first E.C. Environmental Action Plan adopted - but no clear legal basis for E.C. action on environment - no strategy or coordinated policy programme

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 Three significant changes in 1980s: A) 1981 – reorganisation of European Commission – environmental responsibilities transferred to new Directorate-General responsible for environment, nuclear safety and civil protection

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 B) 1982 – Third Environmental Action Programme (EAP) ( ) – emphasised need to take PREVENTIVE ACTION to protect environment - instead of just RE-ACTING to problems + EAP stated that environmental concerns should be INTEGRATED into all E.C. policies (POLICY FORMULATION)

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 C) 1985 European Court of Justice decision argued that environmental protection was “one of the European Community’s ESSENTIAL objectives”

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 Single European Act, gave E.C. legal competence in environmental matters - stated that the European Community’s goals were to include the preservation and protection of the environment (AGENDA-SETTING + POLICY IMPLEMENTATION)

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 Maastricht Treaty, Article 2 – fundamental goal of the E.U. “the sustainable and non- inflationary growth respecting the environment” - stressed importance of ‘precautionary principle’ (E.U. should take action if suspicion of environmental harm)

E.U. Public Policy Lecture – creation of CORINE (Coordinating Information on the Environment) 1994 – foundation of European Environment Agency (EEA), based in Copenhagen (not policy maker or implementer, but generates and provides data) (ASSISTS POLICY FORMULATION)

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 April 1986 – Chernobyl nuclear power station accident/disaster -gave impetus to E.C. Environment policy development -demonstrated that environmental problems didn’t respect national boundaries, therefore transnational policy responses necessary

E.U. Public Policy Lecture The theoretical perspective - E.U. uniquely placed to deal with environmental problems at transnational level - after 1986 became clear at several levels that a transnational response required to environmental problems

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 A)Many problems – such as air and water pollution – are not limited by national frontiers; B)Individual country responses might incur costs undermining economic competitiveness; C)Costs of taking environmental action offset by across-E.U. economic benefits

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 D) Richer E.U. countries could help poorer countries address environmental problems through funding assistance and by sharing technical knowledge; - plus, over longer term, benefit to richer E.U. countries as fewer factories and businesses likely to move to E.U. states with lower environmental standards

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 -demonstrates ‘spillover’ functional process in operation between E.U. environment policy and economic policy, and the operation of the E.U. market - the E.U. Environment Action Plan – ‘Environment 2010: Our Future, Our Choice’ states “Economic, social and environment policies are closely integrated”. (POLICY FORMULATION)

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 - environmental policy and E.U. integration closely linked - European integration has been good for the environment, and environmental protection - E.U. environment policy now driven more by the needs and effects of European integration (especially economic integration) than by the priorities of the individual Member states

E.U. Public Policy Lecture Environmental policy and the characteristics and principles of E.U. social policy - environment policy is area that most requires greatest degree of harmonisation and convergence?

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 ‘Goals’ of E.U. environmental policy in various treaties and the 6 EAPs are broad: a)the improvement of the quality of the environment; b)the protection of human health; c)the prudent use of natural resources; d)increased environmental efficiency (i.e. improvements in efficiency of resource use, so that consumption is reduced

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 e) the promotion of measures at the international level to deal with regional or global environmental problems (POLICY FORMULATION principles and objectives) - In general, E.U. environment policy has predominantly focused on problems that are better dealt with jointly (harmonised?) than nationally

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 - and these have been in areas where ‘harmonisation’ is more easily achieved, i.e. a)the control of chemicals in the environment; b)the reduction of air and water pollution; c)the management of waste; d)fisheries conservation; e)control of pesticides (POLICY IMPLEMENTATION)

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 E.U. has also been active, in terms of policy harmonisation, in areas not normally defined at the national level as ‘environmental’, i.e. - noise pollution control - control of genetically modified organisms

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 E.U. tended to take ‘mutual recognition’ approach on environment policy on issues with more ‘local’ or ‘regional’ basis (subsidiarity), i.e. a)protection of eco-systems (at local level); b)protection of natural habitats (wild life); c)the management of natural resources, such as forests and soil; d)the promotion of energy conservation and alternative sources of energy

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 Underlying principles of E.U. environment policy: a)Sustainable development – renewable natural resources such as air, water and forests should be used in such a way as to ensure their continued availability for future generations; b)Integration – environmental protection must be a component of all E.U. policies that might have an environmental impact

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 c) Prevention – action to prevent the emergence of environmental problems, rather than just responding to problems as they arise; d) Subsidiarity – the E.U. restricts itself to issues that are best dealt with jointly; e) Derogation – Member states that are unable to bear economic burden of environmental protection given longer deadlines, lower targets, financial assistance

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 SUMMARY: 1.Agenda-setting: environment forced on to E.U. agenda through ‘crises’ of environmental concerns, rise in public concern and opinion, and growth of environmental lobby groups; 2. Policy formulation and implementation: greater degree of harmonisation than most other public policy areas – subsidiarity/mutual recognition flexibility at local level for relevant ‘local issues’

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 7 th EU Environmental Action Programme ( ) ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’ - focuses action on 9 priority objectives a) 3 thematic priority objectives (i) protect nature and strengthen ecological resilience; (ii) Boost sustainable resource-efficient low- carbon growth; (iii) Effectively address environment-related threats to health

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 b) the thematic priorities are supported by enabling framework with 4 further priority objectives which will: (iv) promote better implementation of EU environment law; (v) ensure that policies benefit from state of the art science; (vi) secure the necessary investment in support of environment and climate change policy

E.U. Public Policy Lecture 10 (vii) improve the way environmental concerns and requirements are reflected in other policies - the final 2 priority objectives focus on: (viii) enhancing the sustainability of EU cities; (ix) improving the EUs effectiveness in addressing regional and global challenges related to the environment and climate change