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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… and even the absence of information on products and alternative affordable options (United Nations Environment … Development Commission proposes to business leaders an alternative to business as usual, in the form of a business …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… can be developed around research and development of alternative products, new product designs and sustainable … and conversion to other products • Innovations in alternative materials • Ocean cleanup (for example with long … which smaller countries or islands would not have • Alternative materials may not be possible to scale up, also …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… 68 Substance Assessment Database … circumstances. Non-binding measures offer a use- ful alternative. If endorsed through regional and global … to a binding procedure. In defined circumstances, an alternative is pro- vided: compulsory recourse to a … to indicate whether or not it consents to import of the substance and any conditions attached to such import. Each …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… the lack of corruption. Economic instruments provide an alternative mechanism for effective compliance Compliance … and the emerging concept of using covenants as alternative or complementary implementation mechanisms to … with Ontario’s environmental laws. The presence of a toxic substance in an unlawful spill or unlawful discharge …
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White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… Decision-making Decisions of the Commission on matters of substance shall be taken by consensus. The question of whether a matter is one of substance shall be treated as a matter of substance.373 Financial arrangements Expenditures Further …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… of the basin States, availability of resources, feasible alternative measures, and the need to avoid causing … but which increase the speed of water flow) are alternative, environmentally friendly, and potentially less … be said about the nature of water that characterises the substance as different from other natural resources, and that …
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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… of norms and measures applicable to the Parties in the alternative uses of the waters in the Basin; and n … cause the deposit of any poisonous, noxious or polluting substance in common waters, when carrying out such … stipulates that persons fishing with dynamite or any other substance which poisons the water or stuns the fish shall be …
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Negotiate: reaching agreement over water

… Thales of Miletus to declare water to be the ultimate substance behind all substances. Yet when humans enter this … approach to the voluntary settle- ment of conflict; the alternative is domination of one party by another, … wider tensions in society. Constructive engagement is an alternative path aiming to improve the fairness and …
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Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work

… from exploiting the created resources or advocating alternative uses. This disjuncture between the official and … below) are ready with their marshalled arguments and alternative pathways worked out and ready to jump in. Nexus … line benefits to contracting participants (“what in real substance is there in it for me”). Egalitarians, on the other …
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… of an entirely new law on REDD unfeasible, then an alternative option would be to integrate legal mechanisms for … conserve forests if they controlled them may not hold when alternative land uses provide higher benefits than forests.11 … and advantage which it may produce, without altering the substance of the thing.” (John Bouvier. A law dictionary …
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