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UN Environment Policy : Promoting Greater Protection for Environmental Defenders

… policy proposes how UN Environment who are defending their environmental environmental rights which affects Mandate UN Environment … indigenous and local communities' communities into forced migration information available to powerful commercial rights … Environmental Governance …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… fisheries/aquatic habitat and fishers; (3) international environmental impact assessment obligations relating to the … gain a deeper appreciation of how emerging international environmental impact assessment norms can help to improve the … environmental harm may include obstruction of fish migration and changes to instream flow regimes that …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… issues relevant to human rights, such as climate- induced migration. In October 2015, the Nansen Initiative, … is the first climate agreement, and one of the first environmental agreements of any kind, to explicitly recognize … obligations to protect the enjoyment of human rights from environmental harm (A/HRC/25/53). These obligations encompass …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… Research (UNITAR) based on its course “Human Rights and Environmental Protection for Sustainable Development”, which … At the end of this lesson you will be able to: Explain how environmental harm can interfere with the enjoyment of human … environmental harm on certain community and in relation to migration, whether those impacts may result in displacement …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… on Biological Diversity and the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment, in collaboration with the … Biological Diversity; © 2006, Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment. The designations employed and the … temporary (temporary workers), seasonal in-migration (tourism) or opportunistic in-migration
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… as arsenic or fluoride or induce saline intrusion or the migration of lower quality or brackish waters. Therefore, … Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:The "Greening" of Water Law: … groundwater-dependent ecosystems in order to meet environmental needs and to maintain ecosystem services. 2.4. …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… supported by State practice, including in international environmental instruments and before human rights bodies. As … are intertwined with the en- vironment in which we live. Environmental harm interferes with the enjoyment of human … harm often cause internal displacement and transboundary migration, which can exacerbate vulnerabilities and lead to …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidance on the Practical Application of the Espoo Convention

… OF THE ESPOO CONVENTION 2 3 PREFACE The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context … is aimed at preventing, mitigating and monitoring such environmental damage. The Espoo Convention ensures that explicit consideration is given to environmental factors well before the final decision is …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance