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Rule: Reforming water governance
… regime for water is comprehensive and includes efficiency, equity and sustain- ability considerations A unified code of … USES AND SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS AN ECONOMIC GOOD” 2.3.2 Equity Water management and allocation should promote more … to addressing the needs of the poor and the vulnerable. Equity can be incorporated into policy by incorporating the …
Share - Managing water across boundaries
… management. 6 Cooperation can enhance efficiency and equity Cooperation, and in particular benefit and cost … nations to villages. 16 Tension between aspirations for equity and the reality of asymmetrical power will also exist … and managed will have profound effects on the environment, equity, poverty, prosperity and geo-political relationships. …
Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… sanitation General Comment 15 stresses the principles of equity and financial accessibility, stipulating that water … for water services has to be based on the principle of equity, ensuring that these services, whether privately or … for all, including socially disadvantaged groups. Equity demands that poorer households should not be …
Issues in water law reform
… raises an equally fundamental issue of balancing the equity goals underlying the conception of water resources as … the integrity of ecosystems and intergenerational equity. In the words of one practitioner: "Ecological … to changing technology, prices and climatic conditions; Equity - no group of people, including future generations, is …
Transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation: international law, policy guidelines and best practice application
… Penh, MRC. http://www.benelexblog.law.ed.ac.uk/2015/08/03/equity-and-benefit-sharing-in-international-water-law-reflec … http://www.benelexblog.law.ed.ac.uk/2015/08/03/equity-and-benefit-sharing-in-international-water-law-reflec … a more effective determination and implementation of equity? Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… to, inter alia, sustainable development, intergenerational equity, human health, basic human water needs, and even … is strongly related to the concept of intergenerational equity. This notion essentially mandates equity among all generations, including those yet unborn, in …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… upgraded legal frameworks, it ensures consistency and equity in support of environment policies. The UNEP Water … degradation; 3. the principle of inter generational equity—that the present generation should ensure that the … the fundamental principles of the Act. Sustainability and equity are identified as central guiding principles in the …
Water Management and Stewardship
… capital including the combination/configuration of ‘equity’ and loan finance provided, respectively, by … the structure of the company’s balance sheet, including equity-debt ratio; how much is taken out of the company in … sets out aims in terms of transparency, accountability and equity. The first intended outcome of water stewardship is …
Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services
… on our environment. When we add our desire for social equity, economic yield and environmental accountability – the … dependent on watershed ser- vices and therefore social equity is a vital component of the goals for payment schemes. … schemes to become more inclusive and to incorporate social equity in their goals. When developing a payment scheme for …