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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… change may imperil sustainable development, poverty reduction and child mortality goals.3 The rights to water and … 15 must furnish specific information on emissions and emission reduction measures, and the Kyoto Protocol provides … respectively. Under the CDM, States can receive additional emission credits if they set up schemes to combat climate …
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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… development which are aimed at: (i) prevention and/or reduction of land degradation; (ii) rehabilitation of partly … 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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Global Land Outlook

… that lead to greater resource use efficiency and the reduction of waste; it is based on the principles of … reduces access to nutrients,56 and can result in the emission of methane.57 Long-term reduced or conservation … Elastic and plastic soil deformation and its influence on emission of greenhouse gases. International Agrophysics 30: …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… community has pledged to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the … deaths and birth defects are now outlawed. The Wastewater Emission Targets – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene campaign … species. The US introduces new policies to reduce the emission of tiny particulates in recognition of the harmful …
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Change : Adaptation of water resources management to climate change

… – a goal often referred to as “mitigation.”4 Since the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is proving to be a … expected to increase from 1 to 3°C over the next century. Reduction of rainfall in the upper Mekong in southern China … maintenance of river flow for people downstream, or the reduction of pollution for good water quality. The emphasis …
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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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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… of land-use projects on wetlands and their biodiversity; n reduction of impacts of water development projects; n … to prior authorisation or to general rules laying down emission limits; (b) hazardous substances are gradually … not possible to distinguish the contribution of individual emission sources. Institutional framework The Convention …
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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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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 5.4.1. Nutrient and pollution reduction in the Black Sea “dead zone”..........91 global and … that this obligation includes, respectively, prevention, reduction and control of pollution, prevention of the … achievement of the 2010 target of achieving a substantial reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss.”238 A subsequent …
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Water-related conflict and security in Southern Africa: The SADC Protocol on shared watercourses

… system. The exist- ing treaty regime did not require emission reduction commitments from developing countries, and some … and developing countries in some form of legally binding emission reduction commitment arrangements. Capacity- …
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