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Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… concerns, particularly climate change and local pollution. In some cases, governments subsidise these … supply and consumption, including local and regional air pollution and CO2 emissions. By encouraging over- consumption, under-pricing contributes to pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Removing electricity …
Energy law and sustainable development
… the 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and its Protocols. 1302 U.N.T.S. 217, 18 I.L.M. … the environmental externalities are the following: air pollution including "acid rain," waste water pollution, significant solid and hazardous waste products …
Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… converted—can be a source of domestic energy and reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Collected effluent is … (see Annex 1 for detailed breakdown by energy source). Pollution from burning fossil fuels and the associated … of hydro systems. It can mean an increase in air and water pollution, and land degradation. Regional conflict can also …
Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches
… Approaches • Health issues such as urban and indoor air pollution concerns • Equity issues such as land rights, … gaining understanding of immediate impacts such as water pollution events. Because of these limitations, LCAs should … countries. World Health Organization. (2007) Indoor Air Pollution: National burden of disease estimates. Geneva: WHO …