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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
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Effectiveness of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… Water Courses; BRS Conventions, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; • Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the … layer; • They address greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change concerns; • And combat and reverse …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… the planet’s natural resources in the face of accelerated climate change and a host of environmental problems that threaten … work is also essential to broader goals like combating climate change and ensuring sustainable development for …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… environmental performance of dams and how concerns about climate change have prompted a debate over the relative environmental … A comprehensive review of hydro-electric energy’s place in climate change and renewable law and policy is beyond the …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Multilateral Environmental Agreements - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… The 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCCC”) was negotiated by a specially established … may sound logical, but as the negotiations surrounding climate change show, states can always invoke opinions of …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… at any cost. Rhetoric on sustainable development and climate change will prove empty if those defending their land and the … be protected. Especially given their global commitments on climate change.”30 FAILING TO RECOGNISE, FAILING TO PROTECT …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Examples Article 4 of the 1992 Climate Change Convention recognizes the special circumstances and … on Biological Diversity and in article 3(3) of the 1992 Climate Change Convention. The 1992 CBD states: “..where …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… and ecosystems is proceeding apace as a result of habitat change, climate change, invasive species, overexploitation of … Note that key processes can be driven by external factors (climate, tidal regime, sediment flow), or by internal …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… actions. Other issues may concern all States, such as climate change or the depletion of the ozone layer, raising the need … only be confronted in cooperation (e.g. ozone depletion, climate change); c) States often benefit directly from …
01 Sep 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… since the juridical effect of principles and concepts may change from one legal system to another. … example, the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCC”) refers in article 3.(1) to … Examples The 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in article 4.(1)(i), obliges Parties to …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance