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Dramatic growth in laws to protect environment, but widespread failure to enforce, finds report

24 Jan 2019 News in

Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development

… sustainable development into their national policies and building horizontal synergies between different government … its implementation such as a project portfolio, capacity building processes and an investment facility for funding … also reported that at a national level a single government institution, usually a ministry of the environment, generally …
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Engaging people in sustainability

… development and to the role of education, capacity building and communication. The UN Decade in Education for … by: The Post Publishing Public Company Bangkok Post Building, 139 Na Ranong Rd. Off Sunthornkosa Rd. Klongtey … and this understanding serves as a durable basis for building respect. Along with a sense of justice, …
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From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice

… gaps, for example, a timeline of steps might include building schools, training and attracting teachers; improving … in extreme poverty by 2015[5]. A study by the Brook- ings Institution found sub-Saharan African countries responsible … where the health sector was posi- tioned as a core social institution deeply embed- ded in its local context and where …
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Energy law and sustainable development

… generating fees sufficient to pay for the investment in building and operating the energy systems, (b) providing a … major obstacle to adoption of this legal regime and to the institution of the market-based approach is the US refusal to … W. Hough, Fire as an Agent in Human Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. T. Vale (ed.), Fire, Native …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… 313 Building Energy Efficiency Ordinance … 9: United States innovative laws and programmes on green building and construction Table 10: Green Growth Initiatives … by removing the power of enforcement from a neutral institution and makes them mere declarations. The South …
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Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan

… thank Mr. Laban for his support in developing this report, building the capacities of related stakeholders and … to support implementation of the Convention through building effective partnerships between national and … especially clarify how local empowerment, influence and institution building can be in- serted in actual processes of …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… (IWRM) incorporating an ecosystem approach is a key building block for achieving the water, sanitation and human … Director-General, an organ of state and a water management institution must give effect to the national water resource … use of water resources and remitting them to the financial institution responsible for the management of such funds; 5. …
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Handbook for the Preparation of Voluntary National Reviews (VNR)

… national reviews. It is designed to provide elementary building blocks for a country in the preparation of its … coordination of the VNR. This could be an existing body/institution or an ad hoc arrangement, e.g. lead department/ … Court of Accounts (TCU), the country's supreme audit institution (SAI), carried out a pilot audit to evaluate how …
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Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Building on strong foundations The Mountain Partnership is … of common problems such as forest fires; capacity building through knowledge transfer; and building of trust in politically sensitive areas. Often, …
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