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Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… John H. Knox, on the human rights obligations relating to climate change. In this report, he describes the increasing attention paid to the relationship between climate change and human rights in recent years, reviews the …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… Environment Programme UNFCCC UN Framework Convention on Climate Change UNGA United Nations General Assembly WMO World … were opened for signature: the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is sectoral in that it deals …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… For example, the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change will be a major step forward in tackling air … and air pollution largely overlap. Addressing short-lived climate pollutants could avoid Addressing pollution: …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… seventh Course, which returned to Finland in 2010, was ‘Climate Change’. The eighth Course was held in Bangkok, Thailand in … in Shanghai, China, with the recurring spe- cial theme ‘Climate Change’. The thirteenth Course was again hosted by …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… (iv) Precautionary approaches are essential for guiding change, as so much is still unknown. These ensure not just … for International Chemicals Management (SAICM), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), the Global …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… to keep working on them and through them, to effect real change. There is still much more to do. If you are reading … Carruthers, editor and contributing author, United Nations Climate Change Secretariat; Yves Le Bouthillier, lead author, … of Joensuu; Maria Socorro Manguiat, United Nations Climate Change Secretariat; and Sylvie Côté, Environment …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… (art. 10), and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (art. 6(a)), require environmental information to be … and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. At the regional level, the Aarhus Convention …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

A1- Integrating Environmental Concerns in International Water Law

… 3.2. The Importance of Groundwater 3.3. The Impact of Climate Change 3.4. Increasing Competition for Freshwater Resources … International Law Commission in 2008. 3.3. The Impact of Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Water Law and the Environment

… 1.2 The Importance of Groundwater 1.3 The Impact of Climate Change 1.4 Increasing Competition for Freshwater Resources … 1.3 The Impact of Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance