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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… 327 329 331 333 339 340 ABBREVIATIONS BAT Best Available Technology BATNEEC Best Available Technology Not Entailing … industrialization, political instability, conflict and climate all play a role in the drama of water scarcity. … industry, hospitals and municipal infrastructure. Global climate change poses additional challenges for successfully …
Commodities at a Glance - Special issue on Shale Gas
… Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has galvanized international mobilization towards tackling the effects of climate change at a time when Governments have reaffirmed … the recovery factor, which is the capability of current technology to produce natural gas from formations with …
Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… fuel. Pollution is even system processes, such as the climate, are functioning (Diamond 2015; Steffen 2015). … to the impact on human health, other air pollutants cause climate change and affect ecosystems, such as short-lived climate pollutants including black carbon and ground- The …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements … pp. 361-382, 363. 12 D. Michel, A River Runs Through It: Climate Chance, Security Challenges, and Shared Water … Including Health in the Equation, Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 41(1) (1 January 2007), at pp. 17-24. 43 …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… lakes and other wetlands. Wetlands also contribute to climate stability. At micro-climatic level, localised … Changes to the water regime may also result from climate change predicted to occur as a result of increased … area as there is obviously a fragile balance between technology, economics and environmental considerations on the …
Sources of international water law
… human health and safety, flora, fauna, soil, air, water, climate, landscape and historical monuments or other physical … especially when they are persistent; 7. "Best available technology" (the definition is contained in Annex I to this … through the application of, inter alia, low- and non-waste technology; (b) transboundary waters are protected against …
Issues in water law reform
… policy target; and automatically adapts to changing technology, prices and climatic conditions; Equity - no group … identifies the need for reviews to account for changes in climate, land- use practice, technology etc. An ecological … consumptive use determinations depend on soil conditions, climate conditions, types of crops grown, field grade, …