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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… of protecting human health and the environment from the harmful effects of chemicals by 2020. Its global approach … historic baseline levels of consumption and production of harmful ozone-depleting substances have been phased out. … community is made to bear a disproportionate share of the harmful effects of pollution. Sustainable development is not …
Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
… 3 By 2020, at the latest, incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity are eliminated, phased out or … the number and value of incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity, removed, reformed or phased out 21 …
Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… is called “deterrence” in that it deters potentially harmful activity. If, however, the extent of the liability is … or court might order that a violator immediately cease the harmful activities, which could have the same effect as … facilities that comply with requirements can receive a subsidy to help defray the cost of compliance. Facility or …
Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors
… conflicts; ecosystem management; environmental governance; harmful substances; resource efficiency; and other thematic … oil (Annex I), noxious liquid substances (Annex II), harmful substances (Annex III), sewage (Annex IV), garbage … pollution by oil and other harmful substances and the minimization …
Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary
… that causes an impurity in the environment or which may be harmful to human health is considered a contaminant.20 All ma … is carried out for projects which are likely to be less harmful. The IEE report is a public document and in theory … of alternatives to the activity which might be less harmful to the environment together with the reasons why such …
Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… including the thematic priority areas related to harmful substances and hazardous waste and resource … in applying the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships; .3 co-operation with … which may reasonably be expected to result in major harmful consequences. 2. For the purposes of this article, …