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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… towards a pollution-free planet seeks to eliminate the waste, hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and … including the cross-cutting categories of chemicals and waste. They can be both based on global and regional … packaging, single-use plastics) and promote their recovery 29. Develop efficient governance frameworks and …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… regulation of the siting and operation of landfills and waste dumps regulation of urban land development, as regards … Namibia, a licence is required to construct and operate a waste disposal site above or near an aquifer. In addition, … water rights and dedicate them to instream use for the recovery and health of watercourses. In parallel and …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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

… solid fuel heating, and the unregulated burning of waste materials such as plastics and batteries Figure 4: Air … product of poor agricultural practices, dumping of waste from households, industrial plants and mine tailings … of plastic in the environment is to improve plastics recovery, strengthen the environmental performance of the …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… urban sources such as municipal sewage treatment plants, waste disposal and industry effluents), diffuse/non-point … established with sufficient certainty. Prime examples are waste disposal sites, landfills, septic tanks, inadequate … clean-up capacity of certain types of soils for subsequent recovery (in case of surface spreading techniques, called …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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

… such as acid rain (Box 3). With regards to chemicals and waste, existing multilateral environmental agreements enable … in international trade, of hazardous and household waste, and more recently mercury, with the entry into force … materials (for example phosphate from fertilizer nutrient recovery) they reduce the resource and environmental …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… per cent of biomass is usually discharged on the spot as waste, i.e. thrown overboard at sea. Commercial sales of the … provides regular updates to the Protocol’s MOP on the recovery of the ozone hole in the stratosphere, and these … Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, such as the Waste to Energy Projects, have also been used to enable …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… Control of transboundary movements of wastes destined for recovery operations). OECD Members Austria, Australia, … on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Waste and Other Matter. Adopted in 1972, entered into force … energy, transport, industry, agriculture, forestry and waste management; and economic diversifi cation. Special …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… to the Guardian newspaper that it was generating toxic waste or substances harmful to the local community, and … es/home/library/crisis_prevention_and_recovery/cauca--analisis-de-conflictivi- …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance