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Legal Framework For The Sustainable Production Of Non-Eatable Products Of An Agricultural Origin: The Example Of Biofuels, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Legal Framework For The Sustainable Production Of Non-Eatable Products Of An Agricultural Origin: The Example Of Biofuels, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Issues of sustainable agriculture have much relevance and urgency for the sustainable production of non-eatable products that have an agricultural origin, such as biofuels. In the chapter the opinion is expressed that joint legal regulations on sustainable use of natural resources and sustainable farming methods for eatable and non-eatable products of an agricultural origin can be an efficient solution for different industry branches. Joint regulations of this kind are desirable, because natural resources for farming different crops, primarily land and water, environmental laws for their use and socio-economic conditions have much in common. The chapter investigates what issues of sustainable …
Legal Analysis Of The Eu Policy For Sustainable Transport Biofuels, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Legal Analysis Of The Eu Policy For Sustainable Transport Biofuels, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Warnings about limited oil resources, as well as the necessity to reduce GHG emissions and secure energy supply1 have become prioritized issues on the EU agenda. It has been suggested to partially replace traditional fossil fuels with other sources of renewable energy, for example with biofuels in the transport sector. This has been seen as a promising solution for complications connected with the extraction and supply of oil, as well as for the reduction of GHG emissions. It has also become understandable that the quality of biofuels and their production methods need to be sustainable. The material, from which biofuels …
Environmental Sustainability Criteria In The Coffee Sector – Lessons That Can Be Learnt, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Environmental Sustainability Criteria In The Coffee Sector – Lessons That Can Be Learnt, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
In the article, the issue of environmental sustainability criteria in the coffee sector is researched. Such important aspects in this topic are highlighted and discussed as reasons for the emergence of sustainability criteria for coffee and factors that make the production of coffee sustainable. Two widely used sustainability standards for coffee, the Fair Trade Coffee sustainability standard and the Utz Certified Coffee sustainability standard, are investigated more precisely. The environmental requirements of these standards in the form of environmental sustainability criteria, and mechanisms to control their fulfilment are outlined. The issue of control is separately highlighted, because it is considered …
Using Sustainability Criteria In Law, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Using Sustainability Criteria In Law, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
The purpose of the article is to raise interest for using sustainability criteria as a means to promote and safeguard sustainability for traded products and their production. The focus is put on how sustainability criteria can be efficiently used in legal constructions. Practical examples from the biofuel sector are provided.
Are We There Yet? A Legal Assessment And Review Of The Concept Of Sustainable Development Under International Law, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Are We There Yet? A Legal Assessment And Review Of The Concept Of Sustainable Development Under International Law, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Some of the most consistently utilized terms in international environmental law are “sustainable development” and “sustainability”. Sustainable development is mentioned in virtually every domestic, regional and international laws on environment, energy and natural resources. This has led to the contentions by some scholars that the concept of sustainable development has matured into customary international law, or at least has become a general principle of international environmental law. Many researchers, however, argue that the idea of sustainable development is vague, elusive and does not add much to the efficient implementation of international environmental law. This article aims to examine and discuss …
Sustainability Of Transport Biofuels From A Legal Perspective, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Sustainability Of Transport Biofuels From A Legal Perspective, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
The article investigates the notion of transport biofuels, their possible advantages and disadvantages in comparison to traditional fossil fuels, and sustainability requirements that need be stated to their quality and production methods from a legal perspective. The research results indicate that the understanding of what makes the quality and production of transport biofuels sustainable is still unclear. Sustainability parameters for biofuels will differ depending on the types and purposes of biofuel production. There is no clearly agreed definition on what biofuels, and particularly sustainable biofuels are. The task of law in this situation can be to contribute to the sustainable …
Using Sustainability Criteria For Biofuels In A Legal Context, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Using Sustainability Criteria For Biofuels In A Legal Context, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
In order to analyze the empirical material of the doctoral thesis on the EU sustainability criteria for biofuels, a specially constructed model has been applied. This model has been created on the basis of two separate models of two Swedish researchers, Westerlund and Lundquist. The first component in this so-called combined model is the legal operationalization model of Staffan Westerlund, and the other is the implementation steering model of Lennart Lundquist.
Preliminary Abstract 2, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Preliminary Abstract 2, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
The use of sustainability criteria in a binding legal context, in order to promote environmental sustainability, has so far not been thoroughly researched. Nor have the typical difficulties and challenges of including sustainability criteria in a legal framework been specified. Effective mechanisms for implementation and control of the fulfillment of sustainability criteria have neither been worked out. The main purpose of this thesis is to develop an approach, and with its help to investigate how sustainability criteria can be used as a tool in a legal context to promote sustainable products and sustainable production. Two theoretical models have been combined …
Swedish National Implementation Of The Sustainability Criteria For Transport Biofuels From Directive 2008/29/Ec; Questionnaire, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Swedish National Implementation Of The Sustainability Criteria For Transport Biofuels From Directive 2008/29/Ec; Questionnaire, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
This paper contains a preliminary list of questions about the Swedish national implementation of the EU sustainability criteria for transport biofuels from Directive 2008/29/EC. This questions have been used as a background for informal conversations with people who have been engaged in the implemention of the EU sustainability criteria at the Swedish national level.
Short Summaries Of Two Main Speeches, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Short Summaries Of Two Main Speeches, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
This paper contains short summaries of two main speeches made during the NELN+ Conference in Lund in October 2011. The first speaker, Nicolas de Sadeleer from Belgium, talked about the issues of precautionary measures in situations of scientific uncertainty. He presented an overview of the relevant EU case-law from the General Court and the Court of Justice. The central question that was highlighted concerned the space left to the EU Commission and Council to determine how “safe is safe”. The second speaker, Hillevi Eriksson from Sweden, reflected on the results of her research within the topic “Knowledge Needed for Climate …
Preliminary Abstract 1, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Preliminary Abstract 1, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Among the environmental challenges, which humanity is facing today, there are the threat of global climate change, unsatisfactory air quality, and the fact that the resources of fossil fuels are finite. Biofuels have long been at the top of international agenda as a possible solution to all the three issues. The present project is a timely contribution to the research of the law of biofuels. The purpose of the investigation is to analyze the use of law as a means to implement the ambitious policy on biofuels. In this, I investigate and evaluate in what respects legal systems promote respectively …
Preliminary Plan For The Doctoral Thesis: The Role And Function Of Law As The Promoter Of The Sustainable Use Of Bio-Fuels In The Transport Sector, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Preliminary Plan For The Doctoral Thesis: The Role And Function Of Law As The Promoter Of The Sustainable Use Of Bio-Fuels In The Transport Sector, Evgenia Pavlovskaia
Evgenia Pavlovskaia
The paper contains the preliminary plan of the doctoral thesis made in 2008. It explains that the purpose of the project is to analyze the use of the law as a means to implement the sustainable policy on bio-fuels. The author will investigate and evaluate in what respect legal systems promote respectively restrain trade, production and use of bio-fuels in the transport sector, and how they balance the bio-fuel objective against other objectives important for the sustainable development (such as food production and biodiversity). The author will also identify efficient and less efficient legal constructions and discuss possibly successful legal …