If a polluter harms others, those who are harmed normally have a legal remedy.

A more prominent role for the polluter pays principle in the preamble was recommended.

It was also observed that further development of the topic should give greater emphasis to the polluter pays and precautionary principles.

In environmental economics, there is a basic principle, called the polluter pays principle. It is a matter of both equity and efficiency.

Indonesia has become the third largest polluter in the world, after China and the US, because much of its forest grows on peatlands.

It was also noted that recent practice had developed a three tiered approach, with funding from the polluter, a collective fund and the State.

The Kyoto Protocol was a major achievement, yet it left out 75 of the sources of emissions the US, the largest polluter, refused to sign.

The US has almost totally backed away from the global fight against pollution, and, through uncontrolled growth, solidifies its position as the world s leading polluter.

As the world s largest polluter, accounting for roughly a quarter of global carbon emissions, America s reluctance to do more is perhaps understandable, if not forgivable.

America s financial industry polluted the world with toxic mortgages, and, in line with the well established polluter pays principle, taxes should be imposed on it.

On environmental policy, Obama has pressed not for a carbon tax, but for a cap and trade system that, for the first generation, pays the polluter.

In environmental law, the polluter pays principle is enacted to make the party responsible for producing pollution responsible for paying for the damage done to the natural environment.

Such a strict liability regime was in keeping with the polluter pays principle and was beneficial for victims of hazardous activities since it relieved them of the burden of proving fault.

The US and China are in a race to be the world s worst polluter America has long won the contest, but in the next few years, China will claim that dubious honor.

It was also noted that draft principle 4, particularly the application of no fault liability under paragraph 2, should be carefully studied, with some delegations seeking more prominence for the polluter pays principle.

Agreement was expressed for the provisions of the present draft principle, noting that the draft principle was consistent with the principles of the Rio Declaration as well treaty practice, which applied the polluter pays principle.

In particular, it was noted, in respect of paragraph 2, that the polluter pays principle was tempered by the additional reference that liability may, where appropriate, attach to a person or entity other than the operator.

They considered models that established direct liability claims under civil liability, such as those originally proposed by the Special Rapporteur in draft principle 4, alternative B (see A CN.4 540, para. 38), to be preferable and more in line with the polluter pays principle.

Water quality improvements could be realized through a variety of options treatment of municipal, industrial and agricultural waste water public awareness raising application of the polluter pays principle for control of pollution and excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides environmental impact assessments and promotion of cleaner technologies.

That formulation when read together with paragraph (13) of the commentary to the draft principle and paragraphs (11) to (14) of the commentary to draft principle 3 seemed to place the polluter pays principle in competition with other options, an approach which did not comport with recent practice.