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

… their legal obligations and strengthen implementation. • Infrastructure gaps exist with regards to monitoring … Major forms of pollution exist due to the absence of infrastructure such as monitoring systems, wastewater and … for recycling and food storage, etc. This lack of infrastructure not only prevents better practice, but also …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… access to public transport and non- motorized transport infrastructure in cities 7. Increase investment in renewable … than €3 billion by 2020, mainly in clean technology, green infrastructure and green bonds. In November 2015, Allianz … and surface water, and limit ammonia emissions. Green infrastructure can be used to great effect in urban areas to …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… area affected; • Fragmentation, usually related to linear infrastructure. Above a defined length, EIA always required, … - threshold to be defined); • Creation of linear infrastructure that leads to fragmentation of habitats over a … of marine and coastal ecosystems, and creation of linear infrastructure below the Category A threshold, in areas …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… and financial costs often associated with manmade or grey infrastructure[4]. Of particular interest is the related … 2008 [4] In this regard, the concept of natural or green infrastructure has recently emerged (WRI, 2013). 3. … which is likely to occur if they are required to invest in infrastructure for the purpose of retaining water in their …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… for permits to extract groundwater for industrial use or infrastructure projects. But, the EIA is regulated separately … to the environment. This is done through water savings infrastructure, water purchase, and redistribution as part of …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… door open to further attacks. By backing extractive and infrastructure projects imposed on local communities without … makes significant investments in local communities and infrastructure, it says. SECL has said that it took on … aggressive pursuing of foreign investment for large-scale infrastructure, power and mining projects, and apparent …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Unit 2 - the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

… Annex I of the convention (e.g., waste processing plants, infrastructure construction, deforestation, etcetera). The …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… determining their effectiveness, or on the impacts of the infrastructure of the regulatory environment within this … MEA.48 Effectiveness also includes the total outputs and infrastructure created to move an MEA from paper to practice … and opportunities related to negotiating more specific infrastructure in a new MEA, both in general and in the spe- …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… developing countries, where recycling and treatment infrastructure is limited and the legal and institutional …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… warning systems and risk notification; improving physical infrastructure to reduce the risk of floods or other hazards; …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance