Inadeguacy of environmental policy

Human beings have long treated environment as a place from which they can take as much as they want and into which they can put as much as they want. It is known that we take everything for granted  and many aspects of the democratic institutions do not satisfactorily guarantee the conservation of the environment and the natural resources. We can not overlook the uncertainty regarding the international legal framework, which discourage investments in sustainable development projects.

Since 1970s most stable democracies have been enacting an harmonious and complete discipline for the protection of the environment. European countries also have been creating well known principles like polluter pay principle. In spite of a lot of provisions regarding dangerous activities for the environment and special  rules about pollution liability in case of contamination, the debate focused on the relation between democracy and environment is often superficially taken into consideration.

Many observers recognize that, from a substantial point of view, the legal system of criminalization of environmental offences remains largely inadequate.

In my opinion, it is time to demistify the anti-pollution policy of some European countries and stand up for our environmental rights.