原则十一:各国应制订有效的环境立法。环境标准、管理目标和重点应反映它 们所应用到的环境和发展范围。某些国家应用的标准也许对其他国家,尤其是 发展中国家不合适,对它们造成不必要的经济和社会损失 .
《里约环境与发展宣言》
• Principle 15
• In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.
《里约环境与发展宣言》
• Principle 7
• States shall cooperate in a spirit of global partnership to conserve, protect and restore the health and integrity of the Earth's ecosystem. In view of the different contributions to global environmental degradation, States have common but differentiated responsibilities. The developed countries acknowledge the responsibility that they bear in the international pursuit to sustainable development in view of the pressures their societies place on the global environment and of the technologies and financial resources they command.