Role of Information in Environmental Regulation
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The document discusses the role of information in environmental regulation. It argues that information from physical sciences is fundamental to decision making in regulation. The advent of information and communication technologies has expanded the scope and processing of information for regulation by allowing for more rigorous tracking of pollution emissions, data mining, and information dissemination. However, the relationship between science, policy, and law is not linear, and scientific models used in legislation are not always accurate, up-to-date, or objective. Additionally, information quality can be impacted by data being used as a political tool.
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- 1. The Role of Information in Environmental Regulation: Science in the Service of Society? Rónán Kennedy! ! Law School, ! National University of Ireland Galway!
- 2. Information in Environmental Regulation l “Information” is fundamental! l Source: usually physical sciences! l Raw material for decision-making process! l Gives rise to FOI, public access to information! l Advent of ICT: greater scope for information processing in environmental regulation!
- 3. Promise of ICT for Environmental Regulation l More rigourous! l Large-scale tracking of pollution emissions! l ‘Data mining’! l Information dissemination! l Better understanding, visualisation, forecasting...!
- 4. Promise of ICT for Environmental Regulation Expands scope and span of control! l Improves functioning of markets ! l More specialised, decentralised and sophisticated l regulatory organizations! Transparency can help avoid distortions of the political l process!
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- 6. Problems with Information in Environmental Regulation Information ‘Quality’ in the regulatory process: data as a l political football! Impact of Information?! l • Toxics Release Inventory shows potential! • But success due to under-reporting, gaming?!
- 7. Thematic Issues l Paradox of transparency: more can be less! l ‘Agile’ regulation?! l More iterative processes! l How to gather enough data?! l “Mash-ups”! l Privacy!
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