What is the most prominent science-based principle that influences international law today? The answer is undoubtedly the precautionary principle, which aims to promote only those policies whose ...

The “precautionary principle” affects global agreements involving environmental, health, and safety policy, yet it has been widely criticized as arbitrary, excessive, counterproductive, and ...

The world is witnessing an increase in the number and severity of hurricanes, droughts, floods and famines. A significant part of this is attributable to the temperature rises and disruption to the ...

[Based on forthcoming article in the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, Vol. 14 Issue 1, Winter 2013, http://mjlst.umn.edu] In my previous column I noted ...

Today is the first full day of IUCN's 5th World Conservation Congress. Taking place on the beautiful Korean island of Jeju, the Congress brings together a fascinating mix of people from all parts of ...

This UN definition of the ‘precautionary principle’ has been popularly translated using a triple negative: not having proof is not a justification for not taking action. The EC Treaty states that all ...

When George Monbiot lambasted Mark Walport for not understanding something called "the precautionary principle", you might have felt some sympathy for our Chief Scientific Adviser. What is this ...

In order to protect the environment the Precautionary Approach is widely applied: fundamentally, where there are potentially grave or irreversible threats, lack of full scientific certainty shall not ...

As representatives of one of the civil society organizations mentioned in Miller and Conko's Commentary on the precautionary principle (Nat. Biotechnol. 19 , 302–303, 2001 ), we would like to respond ...

It is common to refer to “the” precautionary principle. However, there is no such beast – at least, there is no single, consensus wording of the precautionary principle. It is an idea that has evolved ...