The well-accepted 7 principles in environmental laws world-wide are:
A.
1. Sustainable development: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. 2. Equity: considers the present generation under an obligation to account for long-term impacts of activities, and to act to sustain the global environment and resource base for future generations.
B.
3. Transboundary responsibility: an obligation to protect one's own environment, and to prevent damage to neighboring environments. 4. Public participation and transparency: requiring publication and access to relevant environmental data, and administrative procedure.
C.
5. Precautionary principle: 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. 6. Prevention: prior assessment of environmental harm, licensing or authorization that set out the conditions for operation and the consequences for violation of the conditions, as well as the adoption of strategies and policies.
D.
7. Polluter pays principle: the environmental costs of economic activities, including the cost of preventing potential harm, should be internalized rather than imposed upon society at large.