Search results

Explore only content tagged with
33 Results
Sorted by relevance

Introductory presentation to the SEA Protocol

… Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in a Transboundary Context (the 1991 Espoo Convention) has been … on the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (the Espoo Convention) and the … Europe 18 Definition of “Environmental, including health, effect” (Art. 2.7) Any effect, on the environment, including …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards

… reduction and control of pollution as a means to prevent transboundary impacts. The class addresses the manner in … the prevention, reduction and control of pollution of transboundary water resources, (b) legal and institutional … available to prevent, reduce and control pollution of transboundary water resources at the basin level and within …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Guidance on the Practical Application of the Espoo Convention

… The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context was adopted in Espoo (Finland) on 25 … 2.7 Screening the likelihood of significant adverse transboundary impacts by the affected Party (Article 3.7) 15 … 1. The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, the so- called Espoo Convention …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… impoundment and release of water from on-stream dams; (2) effect of on-stream dams on fisheries/aquatic habitat and … as well as international law on the obligation to assess transboundary environmental impacts. The class will also … concept of “equitable use.” Equitable use posits that in a transboundary watershed all nations in the watershed have …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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

… Needs Equity Minors Oposa Case 4. Responsibility for Transboundary Harm Examples Sovereignty 5. Transparency, … actors and the geographical region, since the juridical effect of principles and concepts may change from one legal … for Europe Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, the 1994 …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

B2 - Equitable and Reasonable Use of Water Resources in Practice

… The target audience is policymakers (and their staff) from transboundary basin organizations, regional and national … participant capacity to better engage in international transboundary waters governance. Methodology: This class is … of the watercourse and the costs of measures taken to that effect; 6. The availability of alternatives, of comparable …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… But we need to keep working on them and through them, to effect real change. There is still much more to do. If you … Protocol – adopted in 1987) • Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their … Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes (adopted in 1999) …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of their Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes … to avoid harm irrespective of whether or not there is transboundary impact or international responsibility. The … but it need not do this for the PPP to have its intended effect. Examples The 1990 International Convention on Oil …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… for example, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their … on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Waste … into force. Once an MEA ‘enters into force’ it has legal effect and implementation begins. As implementation goes …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the international legal framework on Environmental Impact Assessment

… screened funded projects for their potential domestic, transboundary and global environmental impacts. In 1991, the … the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, the most comprehensive international … reflects the “no-harm” obligation of customary law in the transboundary context. http://informea.org/treaties/cbd …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance