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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 …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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 …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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 …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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. …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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. …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… Forest NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations NGT National Green Tribunal NLCP National Lake Conservation Plan … continues to remain as strongly rooted as ever. area under green cover. According to India State of Forest Report 2013 … form an important component of waste water treatment infrastructure of the city; treating nearly 600 million …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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. …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 A shift towards ‘green’ pest management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … services, marketing, wholesale trade, retail trade, infrastructure and manufacturing. Industry analysis using … trade in forest commodities. A shift towards ‘green’ pest management An increasing trend by contracting …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang

… also need to be made to build domestic capacity and infrastructure to support higher levels of scientifi c … 1: 1266–1287; ETC Group 2011. Who will control the green economy? Communiqué no. 107, ETC Group, Ottawa, Canada. …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… EFFECT Eutrophication, harmful algal bloom such as blue-green algae changing habitats, toxicity, reduction in … developing countries, where recycling and treatment infrastructure is limited and the legal and institutional …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance