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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… derived . Among reasonable alternatives for action, the alternative least harmful to the environment shall be … Party shall ensure that such waste is taken back if alternative environmentally sound arrangements cannot be made … rules regarding conflicts of laws in all matters of substance or procedure not specifically dealt with in these …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… water rationing. Contaminant: (New Zealand): includes any substance (including gases, [odorous compounds,] liquids, … regarding the future generations’ interest; 7. there is no alternative to water; it has environmental and economic value … meters, and in case of absence of such water meters, an alternative water recording procedure established by the …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… rate of 5 percent compared with one of 32 percent for its alternative export product, soybean oil). The biofuels legal … Energy Strategy focusing on energy conservation and alternative energy development. Highlighting the need to … to article 58, fuel means "combustible material or substance which is used in combustion plants for the purposes …
GEO yearbook 2003
… for large-scale use of energy conservation techniques and alternative technologies (EPI 2004, Pacala and Socolow 2004). … to provide investment security, supporting innovation and alternative technologies, and adjusting energy prices and … UNEP (2000). Alternative Policy Study: Water Resource Management in West …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… description and assessment of the likely effects of alternative means to achieve the objectives of the Bill, … description and assessment of the likely effects of alternative means to achieve the objectives of the Bill, … creeper, leaf or herb; b) fish with lime and poisonous substance, a spear gun or an explosive; c) have in his …
Engaging people in sustainability
… of important past events up to the present, then build alternative scenarios of the future based on probable versus … methods include: • Steps to change • Change cards • Alternative futures cartoons • Future wheels • Delphi survey … among such issues. It goes beyond asking questions of substance, ‘what is the nature of this?’and ‘how does it …
Energy law and sustainable development
… systems, and their dams, have been obliged to consider alternative uses of rivers and lakes, because these resources … other water uses. This has been held to require a study of alternative sources of energy that might obviate the need for … pressure at which it is found. It is a chemically complex substance composed of carbon and hydrogen with trace amounts …
Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… Local National X Addressing poverty and providing alternative livelihoods may reduce local pressures on fish … leading to empower- ment, improved governance, alternative livelihoods, improved fisheries, and social, … which fuel the search for food and job security and for alternative sources of minerals and energy, as well as …