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Environmental Law Journal becomes part of Scielo Chile
The publication edited by the Environmental Law Center will be part of an open access collection of Chilean scientific journals in all areas of knowledge.
The Environmental Law Journal, edited by the Environmental Law Center of the Law School of the University of Chile, was admitted to be part of the SciELO - Chile Scientific Electronic Library.
SciELO - Chile is an open access collection of texts from Chilean scientific journals, from all areas of knowledge, which predominantly publish articles resulting from scientific research, and which uses peer review of the manuscripts they receive, which show a growing performance in the indicators of compliance with the indexing criteria.
"We are very pleased with this recognition, which is the result of an effort of continuous improvement of the editorial processes developed by the editorial team, which has resulted in the growing increase in the quality of the articles published over the years," said the director of the Journal, Prof. Valentina Durán Medina, adding "we are grateful for the support of the Faculty, which through its Dean, Prof. Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, and the Journals Program of the Research Department, headed by Prof. Daniel Álvarez, has provided permanent support to the work of the journal."
"Once the collaboration agreement between the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile and the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) is signed, the full incorporation of the journal to this collection will take place, starting in 2022" explained the editor Jorge Ossandón Rosales.
This good news is in addition to the admission, in 2020, of the Environmental Law Journal to the SCOPUS database.
As a result, in 2022 the Environmental Law Journal will already be indexed in Scopus, Redib, DOAJ and Latindex, in addition to ScIELO, with the support of SISIB and the Journals Program of the Research Department of the Law School of the Universidad of Chile.
It should be noted that Issue 16 of this biannual journal will be published on December 31.
Reflections on incorporating climate change considerations in environmental impact assessment
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Paula Gajardo Matthews
Independent researcher
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3794-836X
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the manner in which climate change is considered, or should be considered, in the Chilean Environmental Impact Assessment System. Although there seems to be some consensus regarding the fact that the regulatory framework associated with the Environmental Impact Assessment System does not currently contemplate the possibility of evaluating variables associated with climate change, it is possible to observe a series of international instruments that incorporate or recommend incorporating considerations related to this phenomenon in the environmental assessment process. Based on the foregoing, a set of comparative experiences, especially instruments developed by international organizations, were reviewed in order to identify the main issues that should be taken into consideration so as to integrate climate change into environmental impact assessment processes in Chile. It concludes that it is probable that this will imply introducing relevant modifications to the environmental assessment process as we know it, we consider this is fully justified, given the urgency and magnitude of the challenge that climate change represents.Keywords:
Environmental impact assessment, climate change, global warming, environmental lawReferences
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