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C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards

… of the basin states concerned. The focus is on surface water resources, since a specific module – Module E – is … reduction and control of pollution of transboundary water resources, (b) legal and institutional requirements to … controlled, if the states sharing a transboundary water resource apply different policies or standards. The duty to …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… Kibel Scope: This class focuses on how international water law principles relate to the construction and … and obligations relating to the impoundment and release of water from on-stream dams; (2) effect of on-stream dams on … 2004 Berlin Rules on Water Resources Law (“Berlin Water Resource Law Rules”) provides: “Basin States shall in their …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… ecosystem services (e.g. flood protection, supply of water and raw materials, genetic resources, etc.), unique … • Life support systems and ecosystem services such as water yield, water purification, breakdown of wastes, flood … or the maximum allowable disturbance level of a resource, population, or ecosystem, taking into account the …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… the waste, hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and land that emanates from man-made activity and that … countries has been achieved largely through highly resource-intensive patterns of consumption and production, … i. ‘hard-hitting’ pollutants; ii. Areas of pollution (air, water, marine and coastal, land/soil) including the …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… include prohibiting or limiting certain polluting or water- using activities, such as limiting the use of … areas or the capture zones of the main areas of potable water-supply abstraction. In addition, it will introduce the … of managed aquifer recharge with specific regard to water quality control. Finally, with respect to international …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

No Significant Harm and Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment

… at the basin level, including the 2002 Senegal River Water Charter, the 2008 Niger Basin Water Charter and the 2012 Lake Chad Basin Charter and case … as “any appreciable effects on a shared natural resource, and excludes “de minimis” effects”. The criterion …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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

… to fulfil individual’s human rights to life, health, water, food, work, culture, development, access to … to life, health, an adequate standard of living, food, water, housing, self-determination and means of subsistence, … the CESCR adopted General Comment No. 15 on the right to water. Article 1 states that “The human right to water is …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… standard of living, to adequate food, to safe drinking water and sanitation, to housing, to participation in … rights, including their rights to life, health, food and water. Like directly discriminatory measures, such indirect … surrounding the ope- rations of mining, forestry or other resource extraction companies are unjustifi able (see …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… many factors, including access to basic sanitation, clean water, good nutrition, a clean environment and 2016; United … It is affecting our health through the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe. are estimated to occur … of waste to at source also has the potential to promote resource and materials management as part of the …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… environment across a wide range of sectors, including air, water, biodiversity, waste management, chemicals, and … throughout the EU. Many other measures, such as the Water Framework Directive, are largely a result of the EU’s … and maintain a sound ecological balance in the air, water, and soil. The Organization for Security and …
01 Sep 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance