Green giants? - Environmental policies of the United States and the European Union Author Vig N.J., Faure M.G. (eds.) Date 2004 Source IUCN (ID: MON-073449) Publisher | Place of publication MIT Press | Cambridge, MA, USA ISBN 0-262-72044-2 Pages 398 p. Document type Miscellaneous Language English Country/Territory United States of America, European Union Subject Environment gen. Keyword Policy/planning Comparative analysis Abstract Contents: Introduction I: Comparing policy trends: Divergence or convergence? (1) The precautionary principle, risk assessment, and the comparative role of science in the European Community and the US legal systems (2) The roots of divergence: A European perspective (3) Convergence, divergence, and complexity in US and European risk regulation II: Regulatory trends: Institutional and policy innovations (4) Environmental federalism in the United States and the European Union (5) Implementation of environmental policy and law in the United States and the European Union (6) Convergence or divergence in the use of ' negotiated environmental agreements ' in European and US environmental policy: An overview (7) What future for environmental liability? The use of liability systems for environmental regulation in the courtrooms of the United States and the European Union III: Policy divergence on global issues (8) The climate change divide: The European Union, the United States, and the future of the Kyoto Protocol (9) Trade and the environment in the global economy: contrasting European and American perspectives (10) International development assistance and burden sharing (11) Sustainable development: Comparative understandings and responses IV: Transnational networks and dialogue (12) Emerging transnational policy networks: The European Environmental Advisory Councils (13) The transatlantic environmental dialogue V: Conclusions (14) Conclusion: The necessary dialogue