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Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability

… Directive 2003/87 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community. Both these … can also participate in Joint Implementation (JI) and emission trading under Articles 6 and 17 of the Kyoto … to those adopted by countries in the European Union (standard EN 14214) except for the iodine value that is …
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Energy law and sustainable development

… the basis of a simple average of longevity, knowledge, and standard of living: • longevity – measured by life … to create an international law regime to regulate the emission of the harmful GHG products of energy consumption. … atmospheric water vapour concentration indirectly by the emission of other greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… as well as economic – function, thus requiring a different standard for evaluation by entities seeking to develop it. … 4. Mandates the setting of concrete targets for GHG emission reduction, energy saving, energy security and … on the following regulatory or economic instruments: a) Emission norms; b) Tradable emission permits; c) Taxes on …
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Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… ...... United States Dollar VCS: ...... Voluntary Carbon Standard WCS: ..... Wildlife Conservation Society WFEN: ... … change mitigation. When assessments are adjusted using standard life-cycle methodologies to account for … Linked to this, more effort is needed to reform standard foot- printing tools for evaluating the …
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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… this end, Parties shall, individually or jointly, (a) set emission limits for major sources according to best available … which represent a high degree of safety; (c) set total emission ceilings for limiting and reducing the overall … of the UN to endorse a policy that respects a minimum standard for environmental protection in the absence of …
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Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development

… 2016-2025 It has been widely recognized that the standard economic indicators, such as gross domestic product, … production patterns and the transition to a green and low-emission economy, among others. The Horizon 2020 initiative …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… deaths and birth defects are now outlawed. The Wastewater Emission Targets – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene campaign … species. The US introduces new policies to reduce the emission of tiny particulates in recognition of the harmful … 99 million inhabitants, where the national air quality standard for fine particulate matter was violated. Within …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… right to water, as part of the human right to an adequate standard of living.181 Although the precise content of the … agreement’s equivalent of the “equitable and reasonable” standard involves a situation subject to an MEA. Developments … a State has violated the right to life or an adequate standard of living. This issue is directly relevant to the …
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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… cycling: soil organic carbon dynamics, greenhouse gas emission and feedback mechanisms, Impact on the cryosphere … at present one of the most widely used indices are the Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) developed by McKee et al., … method it is 1.96. Outcomes Studies indicated that emission of Green House Gases like Methane, Nitrous oxide and …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming

… pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global … pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways’ contained in the Decision of the 21st … pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global …
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