Environmental Policy and Law

The course aims to introduce the basic knowledge on environmental policy and law in general and in European Union, its regulatory basis, and premises to action with focus on sustainable development; to develop skills on information retrieval, analysis and synthesis as well as monitoring and evaluation of environmental policy and get familiar with the main environmental protection policies, conventions, EU directives and national laws.

To introduce knowledge on the main principles and legal basis of environmental policy and measures for its implementation

Environment and Development

Environmental policy development in general and in European union and Lithuania. Environmental law. Impingements in environmental protection. Policy formation, decision making and policy implementation. Civil society and information on environment. Spatial planning and environmental impact assessment. Waste management policy and law Air pollution policy and law Water policy and law . Soil protection regulation. Nature and biodiversity protection policy and law. Regulation of chemical pollution. Policy of industrial pollution management. Policy of genetically modified organisms. Noise management policy and law. All topics’ seminars.

Explained main principles and legal basis of environmental policy in general and in EU. Defined main functions and principles of environmental law. Described policy making procedures naming main policy making actors Chosen environmental policy implementation measures for the given situations. Explained main principles of evaluation of environmental and sustainability policy documents and their impact. Described basic principles and regulations in particular environment protection area on global, EU and national level.