Principle 16

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principle of international environmental law provision of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

Principle 16 is a key provision of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development that establishes the “polluter pays” principle, calling for environmental costs to be internalized through appropriate economic instruments.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	principle of international environmental law ⓘ provision of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development ⓘ
addresses	market failures related to environmental externalities ⓘ
adoptedAt	United Nations Conference on Environment and Development NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations member states NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedIn	1992 ⓘ
adoptedInCity	Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo	discourage environmental damage through economic signals ⓘ ensure that the polluter bears the cost of pollution ⓘ internalize environmental costs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	polluter pays principle ⓘ
appliesTo	environmental policy ⓘ natural resource management ⓘ pollution control ⓘ
basedOn	user pays principle ⓘ
callsFor	internalization of environmental costs ⓘ pollution costs to be reflected in the cost of goods and services ⓘ use of economic instruments for environmental protection ⓘ
category	economic principle in environmental policy ⓘ international environmental principle ⓘ
establishes	polluter pays principle ⓘ
focusesOn	cost internalization of environmental damage ⓘ economic instruments for environmental management ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	non-binding soft law principle ⓘ
implementedThrough	emissions trading schemes ⓘ environmental liability regimes ⓘ environmental taxes ⓘ pollution charges ⓘ subsidy reform ⓘ
influencedBy	OECD polluter pays principle ⓘ
influences	European Union environmental policy ⓘ international environmental agreements ⓘ national environmental legislation ⓘ
locatedInDocument	Rio Declaration on Environment and Development NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	allocate environmental costs efficiently ⓘ create incentives for pollution reduction ⓘ promote sustainable development ⓘ
partOf	Rio Declaration on Environment and Development NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration NERFINISHED ⓘ Principle 4 of the Rio Declaration NERFINISHED ⓘ
seeksTo	avoid subsidizing pollution ⓘ make polluters responsible for remediation costs ⓘ shift burden of environmental costs from society to polluters ⓘ
underpins	environmental fiscal reform policies ⓘ environmental liability legislation ⓘ green tax policies ⓘ

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Rio Declaration on Environment and Development → hasPart → Principle 16 ⓘ