UK s experience of Principle 10 and PP10

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UK s experience of Principle 10 and PP10 Saikat
Dutta Sustainable Development Business Group
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• Access to Information Implementation
• UK introduces a unit to provide advice on
  Environmental Information Regulations to local
  authorities and public
• www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/opengov/eir/guidance/in
  dex.htm
• Introduction of the Freedom of Information Act in
  January 2005

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Public participation in decision making

• UK amending public participation rights in EIA in
  accordance with EC Directives such as
• agricultural nitrate pollution, hazardous waste,
  packaging, ambient air quality and waste landfill

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Access to Justice

• Review of Enforcement in Environmental Regulation
• www.defra.gov.uk/environment/enforcement

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Challenges

• Cost of seeking access to justice in the UK in
  the case of failure by a public authority to
  provide adequate public participation is
  prohibitively expensive

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FCO SD Strategy
UK SD Strategy
FCO Sustainable Development Action Plan - 2007-8
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Aim

• Encourage countries to comply with Principle 10
  by supporting implementation through TAI and PP10
• Lobbying governments
• Funding projects

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