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Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… John H. Knox, on the human rights obligations relating to climate change. In this report, he describes the increasing attention … threaten to infringe upon those rights and stating that mitigation and adaptation measures should be developed in …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… For example, the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change will be a major step forward in tackling air … can deliver on pollution avoidance, reduction, mitigation and rehabilitation. 2.5 Multiple stakeholders and …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… require a preventive approach while accelerating mitigation efforts using polluter pays approaches … (iv) Precautionary approaches are essential for guiding change, as so much is still unknown. These ensure not just … for International Chemicals Management (SAICM), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the Climate
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… and ecosystems is proceeding apace as a result of habitat change, climate change, invasive species, overexploitation of … of environmental impact assessment and for developing mitigation measures should also help to improve integration.. …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… environmental performance of dams and how concerns about climate change have prompted a debate over the relative environmental … or approval of the activity and the effectiveness of mitigation measures; (b) Review of an impact for proper …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… Maximenko et al. cited in Tracking Ocean Debris, IPRC Climate, Newsletter of the International Pacific Research … or greater energy efficiency, for in- stance, a change may reduce the overall environmental impact. In- deed, … should consequently be included in global climate-change mitigation costs estimated, for instance, by the Stern Re- …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… Examples Article 4 of the 1992 Climate Change Convention recognizes the special circumstances and … on Biological Diversity and in article 3(3) of the 1992 Climate Change Convention. The 1992 CBD states: “..where …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… at any cost. Rhetoric on sustainable development and climate change will prove empty if those defending their land and the … procedures, and design effective grievance policies, mitigation strategies and remediation mechanisms, building …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… (art. 10), and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (art. 6(a)), require environmental information to be … at the centre of their climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies” (paras. 49, 50). The Convention states …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region

… Arturo Gavilán (National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Mexico), Gerold Dompig (Of�ce of the President, … Panama), Martha Ramírez (National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Mexico), Martha Sentí (Ministry of Science, …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste