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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… 37 4.5 Prior Informed Consent 38 4.6 Environmental Impact Assessment 38 4.7 Land Use Regulation 40 4.7.1 National and … protection, including environmental impact and risk assessment, prior licensing, and emission standards. At … and harmfulness of waste, uses a single method such as risk assessment for estimating and comparing environmental …
21 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… dual track of actions: • Targeted interventions, based on risk assessments and scientific evidence of impacts, to … pollutants based on what could be done to reduce their risk to human health and ecosystems. Possible near-term … guidelines 2. Invest in air quality monitoring networks, assessment systems, institutional capacity and information …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… access, States have affirmative duties to provide for the assessment of the potential impacts of proposed projects and … resources are the second largest group of defenders at risk of being killed (A/HRC/4/37), and that their situation … and adjudicating abuse by business enterprises, or risk breaching their international obligations” (A/ HRC/4/35, …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… rise to a multitude of legal mechanisms, including prior assessment of environmental harm, licensing or authorization … that flows from the concept of prevention is prior assessment of potentially harmful activities. Since the … considered that a properly conducted Environmental Impact Assessment might serve as a standard for determining whether …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… legislation on areas such as environmental impact assessment, access to environmental information, … (LRTAP), Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment and the Aarhus Convention on Access to … the funding basis for the UN Environment Programme may risk to remain uncertain, unstable and unpredictable. As a …
01 Sep 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance