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Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions

… Standing Committee, not only supervise but also monitor national action and propose actions, including trade … enabling the Secretariat to determine whether parties’ national legislation adequately implements CITES, by … ‘a directly affected ILC’  On specified matters (national report, info for ABS Clearinghouse; Art. 12)  Previously, …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… towards a pollution-free planet (universality). While national governments have a clear role in enabling and … below. They target specific forms of pollution mostly at a national or regional level, although they also take into … in Indonesia also estimate releases of pollution and report on them publically. Pollutant release and transfer …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

The Kyoto Protocol compliance mechanism

… Reporting Review Compliance Reports • Annual reports • National Communications • One-off reports Expert review teams …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Compliance mechanisms in MEAs: Theory and (some) practice

… that it is in non-compliance, e.g. in relation to national reporting and/or the National Legislation Project; and h) request a compliance …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2018, in my final report (UN Doc. A/HRC/37/59). The Principles set out the … 3 The framework principles are not exhaust- ive: many national and international norms are relevant to human rights … standards that provide higher levels of protection under national or international law. 6 HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… in positive law. Principles and concepts also appear in national constitutions and laws; and they are referred to in, and influence, international and national jurisprudence. Today, almost all major binding and … on Environment and Development, which stated in its 1987 Report, Our Common Future, that sustainable development is …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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

… judicial or other appropriate remedies at both the national and international levels and should be entitled to … of other States or of areas beyond the limits of their national jurisdiction. After Stockholm, environmental … Brundtland Commission. The conclusions of the Brundtland Report stressed the need for an integrated approach to …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the international legal framework on Environmental Impact Assessment

… degradation 2. EIA Functions 3. International and National Laws 4. EIA steps 5. Social Impact Analysis 1. … 3. International and National Laws The conservation ideas that gave rise to EIA … public; Review of EIA quality to examine whether the EIA report includes all of the information required by decision …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Guidance on the Practical Application of the Espoo Convention

… into account the contents of the guidance when defining national procedures for the implementation of the Convention … 4. TRANSPOSITION INTO NATIONAL LEGISLATION (Article 2.2).................... 21 5. … reports “Practical Application of the Espoo Convention” (Report of the second Meeting of the Parties, Annex II, …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… A substantial framework of international conventions and national laws has been constructed to tackle some of the … and may also cause delayed puberty (United States National Toxicology Program 2012; back into blood during … a consistent reduction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons report on plastics indicates that replacing plastic with …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance