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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… Forecasts indicate that total savings across industry from green chemistry developments could reach $65.5 billion, and … Planet act as an engine of economic growth and a source of green employment (Kumar 2017). 2.3 Challenges and gaps … their legal obligations and strengthen implementation. • Infrastructure gaps exist with regards to monitoring …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… access to public transport and non- motorized transport infrastructure in cities 7. Increase investment in renewable … efficiency 8. Improve access to clean cooking fuels and green technologies for residential heating 9. Protect and … and methane from agriculture 11. Designate and expand green spaces in urban areas 12. Enhance climate change …
A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law
… for permits to extract groundwater for industrial use or infrastructure projects. But, the EIA is regulated separately … to the environment. This is done through water savings infrastructure, water purchase, and redistribution as part of …
D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services
… and financial costs often associated with manmade or grey infrastructure[4]. Of particular interest is the related … FAO, 2008 [4] In this regard, the concept of natural or green infrastructure has recently emerged (WRI, 2013). 3. … The Value of Forests – Payment for Ecosystem Services in a Green Economy, UNECE/UNEP/FAO, United Nations, Geneva, 2014. …
Defenders of the Earth
… door open to further attacks. By backing extractive and infrastructure projects imposed on local communities without … communities over large-scale development projects. THE GREEN LIGHT WITHOUT CONSENT Francisca first heard about the … defenders in 2016 29 Silence is interpreted as a green light by those wishing to repress defenders. …
International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review
… determining their effectiveness, or on the impacts of the infrastructure of the regulatory environment within this … out between 1992 and 1998, in Peter H. Sand, ‘A Century of Green Lessons: The Contribution of Nature Conservation … Conflict Resolution (2000) 630- 652; Sand, ‘A Century of Green Lessons’, supra note 28, at 37; Emilie M. …
On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… driven by agribusiness, extrac- tives, logging, and infrastructure projects, often backed by foreign investment, … (accessed 22 April 2016) 184 Green Scenery, Oakland Institute, GRAIN and others, (3 June … harassment (accessed 21 April 2016) 187 Ibid 188 Green Scenery (10 March 2016), Sierra Leone: Imprisonment for …