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Energy law and sustainable development
… of natural resources, such as fugacious fuels like oil and gas or hard minerals such as coal or uranium, or the … the 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and its Protocols. 1302 U.N.T.S. 217, 18 I.L.M. … as a preferred energy source that the nations producing oil and gas prevented any sustainable use energy …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… application of fertilizers and pesticides; increased water pollution and eutrophication; soil degradation and erosion; … sources are not only food crops, as indicated above; palm oil and jatropha are also increasingly used feedstock. … of 32 percent for its alternative export product, soybean oil). The biofuels legal regime contains a definition of …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 ARTICLE 30: POLLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil OP Operational Program OSPAR The Convention for the … On the global level, the 1990 International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation states …
GEO yearbook 2003
… sites, and reducing disturbances, habitat loss and pollution. The seventh meeting of the Conference of the … change, the health impacts of air pollution, rising oil prices, and the need to ensure energy access for all, … in 2006. Chemical waste storage of a soap and vegetable-oil factory in Lusaka, Zambia. Source: Ron Giling/Still …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… and private investments that reduce carbon emissions and pollution, enhance energy and resource efficiency, and … NNPC) in continuing to flare gas in the course of their oil exploration and production activities in the Applicant’s … in other cases including, Th. Majra Singh v Indian Oil Corporation (1999) 179 M.I. Builders v RadheyShyamSahu …
Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… 14.1 By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce ma- rine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based … and maintenance of ageing infrastructure (SDG 9) such as oil pipe- lines (CBD, 2014). Some of the policy messages … of coastal (tourism, ports) and marine (e .g . offshore oil and gas extraction, offshore wind) ecosystems . On the …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL APPROACH TO SOIL AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN MINING AND FLOODS AFFECTED AREA IN THE … receives only 31% of the precipitation. Mexico is also an oil exporting country with the fourth most important reserves … with desertification. Contamination of land in the oil mining regions of the Earth's interior is associated with …
Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.
… sources; 6. dumping of non-mineral solid waste; 7. water pollution; and 8. threats to habitat by uncontrolled fires. … nial crops. The latter may consist of tree orchards, oil palm plantations and permanent pas- tures that are … signs of water pollution, e.g. waste pipes discharging, oil on the sur- face, foam/scum, bad smell, high suspended …