Transformation of environmental law in the face of great challenges

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to identify contemporary trends in the transformation of environmental law due to the global and supranational nature of the existing challenges and threats. General scientific methods (dialectical, logical, empirical and prognostic), interdisciplinary (private) methods (system analysis, comparative analysis), as well as special (specific) research methods (comparative legal and formal legal). Based on the research results, the conclusion is formulated, according to which, the specifics of the environmental events, that have occurred, require a radical change in the very paradigm of environmental law, the implementation of a new contemporary environmental policy, the development of environmental standards taking into account the best existing technologies, the transition from the concept of “regulating the negative impact” of economic activities on the environment to a new concept of obtaining “technological advantages due to the use of environmental technologies”. The research novelty lies in the fact that for the first time an attempt was made to identify current trends in the transformation of environmental law in the context of exponentially increasing environmental challenges and threats.