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No Significant Harm and Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment

… take the complete course and obtain your certificate. C2 - No Significant Harm and Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment … principles that govern the implementation of the no-harm rule, namely the obligation of notification and consultation, … No Significant Harm and Transboundary Environmental Impact …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards

… take the complete course and obtain your certificate. C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards Author: … significant harm is also known as the “no significant harm rule”. This obligation is widely considered, together with … C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… Needs (Contd) 5.3. Avoidance of Significant Environmental Harm 5.4. Avoidance of Significant Environmental Harm (Contd) 6. Environmental Impact Assessment Obligations … associated with these dams often generate little or no greenhouse gases. The inclusion of on-stream …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

A1- Integrating Environmental Concerns in International Water Law

… of activities posing a risk of causing transboundary harm; and the obligation to avoid causing significant transboundary harm through the medium of international watercourses. … ICJ, in particular, are of key importance because there is no more authoritative source than the Court on what …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… it appears that the article goes beyond transboundary harm: States have the duty to protect ecosystems even where there is no direct threat of significant harm to another State,[4] and … in this regard[3]. The UNWC further provides that “no use of an international watercourse enjoys inherent …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

B2 - Equitable and Reasonable Use of Water Resources in Practice

… of the key principles of international water law – the “no harm” principle. A watercourse State has a right to equitable … (Contd) The consequences for a State that violates a rule of international law are dealt with under the rules of …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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

… this lesson you will be able to: Explain how environmental harm can interfere with the enjoyment of human rights. … of the close relationship between them, there is yet no international consensus on the legal status of the … respects due process guarantees. While the ICESCR has no provision comparable to article 2(3) of the ICCPR, it has …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… introduced in the marine environment are likely to cause harm even when there is no conclusive evidence to prove a causal relation between … prevention of environmental harm should be the “Golden Rule” for the environment, for both ecological and economic …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… and Richard Tapper IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 46IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 46 IUCN – … has long been recognized that prevention of environmental harm must be “the Golden Rule for the environment”,35 for both eco- logical and …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Water Law and the Environment

… ICJ, in particular, are of key importance because there is no more authoritative source than the Court on what … utilization (Article. 5); Prevention of significant harm (Art. 7); and Prior notification of planned projects … ensure that international watercourses are protected from harm, including degradation. …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance