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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… substances, technologies and activities that produce adverse effects on the environment . It articulates the … plans, programmes and policies that may have a significant effect on the environment . 5 . Parties shall ensure that all … of natural systems and human communities to cope with the adverse effects of climate change . To these ends, they shall …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… may not be suitable for drinking without causing adverse health effects. Polluted water may also be … inadequate sanitation facilities and to suffer consequent adverse effects on their health and environment. It is thus … and waste disposal uses could potentially have this effect, especially in view of the relationship between …
Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… with global warming of 1.5°C is projected to amplify the adverse effects of warming, and even further at 2°C, 9 … B5.1. Populations at disproportionately higher risk of adverse consequences of global warming of 1.5°C and beyond … synergies exceeds the number of trade-offs, their net effect will depend on the pace and magnitude of changes, the …
Energy law and sustainable development
… take economic, social or ecological responsibility for the adverse effects of their processes and services. In most … proposed activities that are likely to have a significant adverse impact on the environment and are subject to a … legal and economic measures; incentives will be needed to effect this transition. The Johannesburg Plan of …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… and induce economic agents to assume the costs of the adverse environmental impacts that they cause; and encourage … of proposed projects or activities that are likely to have adverse effects on the environment or natural resources; e) … and has subsequently amended it several times in order to effect its original purpose of protecting and enhancing the …
Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… ma- rine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, … but interact with the environment in various ways. The effect of fisheries subsidies on fish stocks can be positive … of marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strength- ening their …
Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention
… to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects of the generation, management, transboundary … will protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects which may result from such wastes. It also … by other international treaties. Thus, the replicate effect is high. XI. The return on investments in the …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… water reserves are dwindling and potentially greater effect are feared on indigenous and local communities and … alien species; and emissions from burning biomass and its adverse effects on human health. This study builds on the … of energy crops to produce biofuels does not have adverse impacts on food security? • Are questions concerning …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… ; OLIVEIRA, DÉBORAH ALANI ; CIERJACKS, ARNE ....... 51 EFFECT OF DROUGHTS ON THE ECOSYSTEMS IN THE CARPATHIAN REGION … Drought is a natural hazard that has adverse impacts on humans and in ecosystems (Rhee and … a process that for the most part of it is driven by adverse human-induced land use changes such as deforestation …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… with respect to it) has integrated or otherwise given effect to international water law principles and provisions … the proposed industrial activity may have a significant adverse impact in a transboundary context, in particular, on … and magnitude of the proposed development and its likely adverse impact on the environment.”147 It is clear that the …