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Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… I of the Kyoto Protocol towards meeting their binding emission reduction and limitation commitments (UNFCCC). CFCs … Impact Assessment EMG Environmental Management Group Emission-reduction Unit A unit equal to one metric tonne of …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… (Johannesburg, 2002); g. World Conference on Disaster Reduction (Kobe, 2005); h. United Nations World Summit (New … air pollution; To develop strategies aiming at the reduction of emissions causing transboundary air pollution … assigned amounts, calculated pursuant to their quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments inscribed in …
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The development of international environmental law at the Multilateral Environmental Agreements’ Conference of the Parties and its validity

… UNFCCC. 62 As above. 63 For example, variations to carbon emission targets in the Kyoto Protocol. 64 CoP 12. A summary … to Anns. II-IV, which concern matters such as sulphur emission ceilings and percentage emission reductions); … annexes. Changes to annexes related to emission reduction commitments are subject to express consent, rather …
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Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… issues earlier rather than later, the result may be a cost-reduction in the long-term since it is often less expensive … to ensure that COP-6 could open a market for a Certified Emission Reduction under the CDM. Prepar ing for Negot iat … Protocol, one member state requested that its baseline emission of CO2 should be adjusted because the State in the …
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Sources of international water law

… of international watercourses. Article 21 Prevention, reduction and control of pollution 1. For the purpose of this … measures, in order to ensure, inter alia that: (a) the emission of pollutants is prevented, controlled and reduced … is minimized. 2. To this end, each Party shall set emission limits for discharges from point sources into …
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UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015

… soil containing polychlorinated biphe- nyls (PCBs). The emission intensity of dioxin in waste incineration, steel … and holis- tically to pursue two objectives: use reduction and pollution prevention. Reducing the volume of … Actors and Business: A Quantitative Assessment of their Emission Reduction Impact 2014 marked the evolution of UNEP’s …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… of human settlements, public health and poverty reduction. This brings into focus the need for conservation … techniques for providing in principle the basis for emission limit values designed to prevent and, where that is … in relation to a discharge of a contaminant or an emission of noise, means the best method for preventing or …
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Third report on the protection of the atmosphere

… possible to distinguish the contribution of individual emission sources or groups of sources”. Notwithstanding that … take appropriate measures aiming at the prevention or reduction of transboundary impacts and at a sustainable and … change”. 277 To combat global warming, reducing the emission of greenhouse gases is the primary solution. 278 …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… will experience increased water shortages due to the reduction of snow cover and subsequent run-off. In Africa, … improved health and sanitation conditions as well as a reduction in daily water stress, there is hope that other … standard in their provisions related to the prevention, reduction, and control of pollution.140 Whether a particular …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… in part because its aim is regional and includes the reduction of the pollution loads of the Black Sea from … provisions call for harmonized domestic regulations for emission limits and standards (Article 7(5)(a)), harmonized … in the prevention and mitigation of forest fire and other emission sources; • Establish a mechanism for co-operation in …
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