Search results
19 Results
Sorted by relevance
The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015)
… The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015) As the new Executive Secretary of the … 6 We will consistently promote a joint approach to environmental decision making globally and full … in building synergy and efficiency within the global environmental system. In a major push for 2014-2015, UNCCD …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… Judicial handbook on Environmental Law Dinah Shelton and Alexandre Kiss … Gonthier, Supreme Court, Canada • Hon. Judge Scott Fulton, Environmental Appeals Board, EPA, USA Judicial Advisory … information on environmental issues. Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Sofia Meeting on …
Responsible governance of tenure and the law - A guide for lawyers and other legal service providers
… Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. The FAO Governance of Tenure Technical Guides are … free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) . . . . . 48 3.3.5 Environmental and social impact assessments . . . . . . . . … Box 3.14 National legislation requiring social and environmental impact assessments in Guinea-Bissau and India …
Water Management and Stewardship
… in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources … can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. … not function. We are, consequently, working to ensure our security of water supply’. The representative commented that: …
UNEP Global Judges Programme
… Programme. For further information, please contact: Environmental Law Branch Division of Policy Development and … AT A GLANCE ........ 1 REGIONAL JUDGES SYMPOSIUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY (1996–2002) … labour standards; military activities and the environment, security, environmental emergencies, natural disasters; trade …
The human right to water and sanitation
… to water regionally, such as in the European Council of Environmental Law (ECEL) Resolution on the right to water … and that the right to water which focuses on an environmental resource, not only supports the establishment of already accepted human rights but also environmental principles; CONVINCED therefore that the …
Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners
… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government … for their cultural and historic significance, scenic and environmental worth, and educational and recreational … of coastal areas to flooding while increasing food security and the productivity of fisheries. Mexico is one of …
Climate Change- International Legal Regime - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… on the UN Environment Training Manual on International Environmental Law. It has been developed in collaboration … is likely to be the impacts on agriculture and thus food security, especially due to increased water shortage. Human … be agreed upon.” Around the same time, the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and the World Meteorological …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… Edited by Thomas Greiber Papers and Speeches from an IUCN Environmental Law Programme (ELP) Side Event at the 3rd IUCN … (WCC) held in Bangkok, Thailand, 17–25 November 2004 IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 60 The designation of … priority in Indonesia is to strengthen the rule of law and security and rebuild trust of the general public in the law …