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

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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 ARTICLE 30: POLLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … soils, forests, fresh drinking water is critical . As pollution levels mount, especially in cities in developing … the traditional rules concerning problems of transboundary pollution and shared natural resources . Part VIII seeks to …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… greater than the energy crisis faces us: the depletion and pollution of the planet’s limited supply of fresh water. Its … water treatment and sanitation, and the prevention of pollution of water resources resulting from e.g. agriculture … the plans contain? How can water planners best prevent pollution or other water source quality …
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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 … activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution 14.2 By 2020, sustainably manage and protect ma- … (positive vs. negative) that we map. The same applies for pollution, which is the subject of target 14.1. In both …
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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 … technological development so as to prevent environmental pollution and maintain ecological equilibrium. All provisions … and economic development so as to “prevent environmental pollution, maintain ecological equilibrium and avoid the …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… sites, and reducing disturbances, habitat loss and pollution. The seventh meeting of the Conference of the … Their permeable skin makes them particularly vulnerable to pollution and climate change, so they serve as a good … for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on waste and pollution, sustainable tourism, and energy supply and …
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Energy law and sustainable development

… the 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and its Protocols. 1302 U.N.T.S. 217, 18 I.L.M. … the environmental externalities are the following: air pollution including "acid rain," waste water pollution, significant solid and hazardous waste products …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 5.4.1. Nutrient and pollution reduction in the Black Sea “dead zone”..........91 … to specific issues such as biological diversity, chemical pollution, climate change or wetlands protections. Good … and activities related to the allocation and use of water, pollution control and ecosystem protection. It did not …
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Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals

… research in order to prevent, eliminate and reduce pollution of the marine environment. On the other hand, 40 … example, if a health goal has a choice of two possible air pollution targets -- a target for reducing emissions of … others. It does not deal with the growing problems of air pollution and water pollution throughout much of the …
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Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development

… to the ocean, and therefore particularly sensitive to pollution. In addition, its mild climate makes it home to a … environmental degradation and increased risks from marine pollution and marine noise ➢ Loss of biodiversity ➢ Ecosystem … • Genetically modified organisms • Climate change ➢ Pollution of soil, water and air ➢ Degradation and …
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