WP 7.7 – Legal and ethical aspects prospect

A critical assessment of multilevel institutional and legislative frameworks relevant to environmental risks in relation to the ethical dimension of risk will be operated with the related identification of gaps/conflicts, overlapping and inconsistencies. Some remedials will be proposed. A reconnaissance of the profiles of responsibility and accountability with reference to national and international contexts will be also conducted with a twofold sub-aim: (i) enhancing a better compliance with the international and EU framework of obligations in that regard; and (ii) fostering a precautionary shift from the law of responsibility for natural hazards to prevention of them through a participatory bottom-up approach.