Cumulative effects assessment requirements in selected developed and developing countries

Olagunju, Ayodele; Appiah, Divine Odame; Cavalcanti, Paulina Maria Porto Silva; Durning, Bridget; González, Juan Carlos; J, MacLean; Morgan, Richard; Nelson, Rebecca A.

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“…EIA reports must include a description of the likely significant effects of the envisaged project on the environment, which result inter alia from ''the cumulation of effects with other existing and/or approved projects'' (an-nex IV, point 5(e)). Beyond the EU, cumulative effects requirements are present in the environmental legislation of many countries (Olagunju et al, 2021). CEAs thus emerged as an EIA sub-discipline to add an important dimension to the assessment process: the specific consideration of environmental impacts that would result from interactions with other projects (Cumulative Effects Assessment Practitioners Guide, 1999).…”

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Smart cities and cumulative effects on fundamental rights

Christofi¹

2023

Internet Policy Review

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Smart cities are rarely built smart from scratch. For most cities, "smart city" signifies the presence of several smart city projects that emerge over time from various actors. These projects rely on extensive data and algorithms whose use in urban spaces and/or decision-making processes can impact the enjoyment of fundamental rights in cities. Spatially-grounded and socio-economic rights may be particularly affected. This paper explores the issue of cumulative effects on fundamental rights that may arise from the gradual accumulation of smart city projects in modern cities. It argues that in such a complex landscape of multiple actors, projects and rights, important fundamental rights impacts may be incremental and inconspicuous, and thus, difficult to detect and to stop. It advocates for a fundamental rights-oriented impact assessment process that would enable local authorities to understand and mitigate cumulative effects on fundamental rights. Drawing from the environmental law area and the examples of Cumulative Effects Assessments and Strategic Environmental Assessments therein, it provides concrete recommendations for smart city stakeholders on the essential elements needed for such a process. Issue 1This paper is part of Future-proofing the city: A human rights-based approach to governing algorithmic, biometric and smart city technologies, a special issue of Internet Policy Review guest-edited by Alina Wernick and Anna Artyushina.1. This stems from article 52(1) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, provisions of the European Convention of Human Rights (e.g. articles 8(2) and 10(2)) and fundamental rights case law.

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Section: Cumulative Effects Assessmentsmentioning

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Smart cities and cumulative effects on fundamental rights

Christofi¹

2023

Internet Policy Review

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“…87 Applying a transformational theoretical model of EIA, cumulative effects provisions in these countries have the theoretical potential to produce agitation for improved environmental protection both within and outside EIA. 88 Though poor implementation of these provisions probably prevents them from reaching this potential, 89 identifying adopting jurisdictions is a step towards realizing the potential. Knowing where cumulative effects provisions are adopted facilitates improving implementation through lesson learning between national legal regimes (including through civil society litigants learning about challenges to the adequacy of cumulative effects provisions, which is common in its original US context 90 ), especially between regional neighbours (see Figure 1) with similar environmental and social contexts and legal traditions.…”

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The Latent Potential of Cumulative Effects Concepts in National and International Environmental Impact Assessment Regimes

Nelson¹,

Shirley²

2022

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Most modern-day environmental issues are caused by the complex aggregation and interaction of numerous actions contributing to large-scale problems, from biodiversity loss to climate change. Environmental impact assessments (EIAs) consider how projects contribute to these cumulative environmental problems. This article firstly evaluates the theoretical importance of cumulative effects concepts for EIA. It reveals their potential to spotlight values embedded in decision making and to illuminate, as a lighthouse would, types of harm from broad-ranging, typically unregulated, activities. A large-scale global survey of national EIA laws and multilateral environmental agreements then shows that cumulative effects concepts are legally relevant for most national EIA frameworks. This prevalence suggests that better implementation of cumulative effects provisions may help EIA law to deliver more significant benefits than previously appreciated. Evaluating a sample of EIA provisions shows that cumulative effects concepts can contribute to different stages of an EIA, but that using these concepts across all EIA stages would maximize their potential to achieve the theoretical benefits identified. From theoretical and practical legal perspectives, cumulative effects concepts have significant latent potential – perhaps transformational potential – to address cumulative environmental change through EIA regimes at national and international levels. However, without better implementation, the latent potential of these laws to address cumulative environmental problems is likely to remain unrealized. By shedding light on the extent of national and international legal frameworks that adopt cumulative effects concepts, and their differences, this article highlights the significant learning potential between legal regimes to aid improved implementation.

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Perception and consideration of cumulative effects and multiple stressors by marine managers in Canada

Orobko

Curren²,

Therriault³

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Marine Policy

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Cumulative effects assessment requirements in selected developed and developing countries

Abstract: Research in cumulative effects assessment (CEA) is advancing in many ways; however, gaps between normative expectations and regulatory approaches remain in many jurisdictions. This chapter profiles CEA requirements and practice in eight countries -

Cited by 4 publications

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Smart cities and cumulative effects on fundamental rights

Smart cities and cumulative effects on fundamental rights

The Latent Potential of Cumulative Effects Concepts in National and International Environmental Impact Assessment Regimes

Perception and consideration of cumulative effects and multiple stressors by marine managers in Canada

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