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The status of climate change litigation - A global review

… particular emissions are the proximate cause of particular adverse climate change impacts … (medium evidence, low agreement).”). 7 UNFCCC, Aggregate effect of the intended nationally determined contributions: … particular emissions are the proximate cause of particular adverse climate change impacts; establishing liability for …
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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… uniquely positioned to give environmental law force and effect. They can bring integrity and certainty to the process … Biosafety Protocol Articles 10 and 11 use “potential adverse effects;” U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change … to “reasonably foreseeable” impacts or “probable adverse effects”. • What degree of certainty is required? …
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Water Law and the Environment

… impact” is defined in Article 1 as: “any significant adverse effect on the environment resulting from a change in the … force since 1996. It explicitly requires the avoidance of adverse environmental effects on transboundary freshwater …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… in the long-term, there is a time lapse between cause and effect which hides the contribution of humankind to this process of adverse change. For example, it was only decades a er CFCs … which can cause damage to the environment and have adverse impacts on human health. A contaminant is defined as …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… Bench India 5, 35 Green Belt Area India 10, 19 Greenhouse Effect Australia 1 Grid Stations Pakistan 3 Ground Water … of Actions Act Held The Plaintiff had acquired by adverse possession an absolute title to certain land marked … community, particularly the plaintiff who already suffered adverse health effects. The plaintiff brought a suit arguing …
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A1- Integrating Environmental Concerns in International Water Law

… impact” is defined in part as: “any significant adverse effect on the environment resulting from a change in the … force since 1996. It explicitly requires the avoidance of adverse environmental effects on transboundary freshwater …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… excesses from natural resource exploitation, and other adverse environmental impacts. Indeed, enforcement and … of pollution, natural resource exploitation, and other adverse environmental impacts. Thank you very much for this … while the criminal cases are not having a deterrent effect. The causes of this lack of success are: • low level …
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