In the revamping of environmental assessment regulations in South Africa, much attention has been paid to streamlining the process of assessment. However, this paper argues that environmentally just decisions cannot be made in a context where debates are centred on process. Instead, debates need to ...
Such cases have the potential of introducing regulatory chill especially in developing and least developed countries. Against this backdrop, this paper attempts to study the interaction of international investment law and environmental regulation in South Asia. The integration of South Asian countries ...
33). This cultural shift can be triggered by States enacting progressive legal regulations in line with the recommendations discussed in this article. For example, imposing mandatory due diligence obligations on corporations to be implemented throughout their value chains and collaborating with all ...
Second, considering the significant differences of various types of environmental regulations, this paper further investigates the heterogeneity of the moderating effect of economical, legal, and supervised environmental regulations in the relationship between climate change and energy poverty, which helps the...
generationcapacitymanifestsitselfinlowelectricityprices andahighlyenergyintensiveeconomy. •Coal-basedelectricityresponsibleforbulkofGHGemissionsin SouthAfrica. •SAranksinthetop20highestGHGemittersintheworldandis thelargestemitterinAfrica,accountingfor42percentof continent‟scarbonemissions. •EnergypricinginSA...
This research takes a step forward in offering a fresh viewpoint on the function of environmental laws in pollution reduction for BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) nations to better understand the role of environmental regulations in CO 2 emission mitigation. The research ...
South Africa has been in the process of strengthening its regulatory framework through the development of legislation, regulations, norms and standards to facilitate better management of waste. One such legislation is the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008) which...
we can shed light on the possibly different impact of such regulations across countries with important policy implications. Empirical analysis concerns OECD countries over the period 1990–2020 thanks to the availability of data and in particular those concerning the OECD composite index of green regula...
regulations in the region. Xaisongkham and Liu40delved into the effects of governance on environmental degradation in a set of selected developing economies from 2002 to 2016. The authors employed the GMM technique and found that the rule of law and government effectiveness are significant factors ...
In the 1970s, the worldwide abhorrence of the apartheid regime in South Africa led to one of the most renowned examples of selective disinvestment along ethical lines. As a response to a growing call for sanctions against the regime, the Reverend Leon Sullivan, a board member of General ...