Digitalization of Environmental Law and Possibilities for Artificial Intelligence Implementation

The paper analyzes the digital transformation of environmental law, risks and consequences of digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) implementation, highlighting the special role of environmental policy in the concept of digitalization of environmental law. The authors examine the role of morality and ethics, the role and place of man as a biological being, existing or potential legal systems, “digital legality,” the foundations of the rule of law in the context of the digitalization of law in general and environmental law in particular. Key application areas for digitalization in environmental law are identified. The features of digitalization of individual institutions of environmental law are considered. Principles for normative and non-normative approaches to AI implementation in environmental governance are formulated. The controversial issues of digitalization of environmental law, risks and threats accompanying this transformation are outlined. Approaches to building a digital legal ecosystem have been identified. The study concludes that both environmental law’s conceptual understanding and regulatory models are undergoing transformation.