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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… to bring us closer to a pollution-free planet. The Sustainable Development Goals provide an opportunity to accelerate the … havetaken action. Positive options include introducing sustainable transport options such as rail and electric …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Declarations Legal Status Public International Law 2. Sustainable Development Integration and interdependence 3. … the international community in its efforts to achieve sustainable development. Since the adoption of the Rio …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… footprint indicators, indicates that the level of development and well-being in wealthy industrial countries … patterns of consumption and production, which are not sustainable, even less replicable to other parts of the world … greater resource efficiency and equity, circularity and sustainable consumption and production, and improved …
The Land in Numbers
… and soil, in terms of future social stability and economic development, should not be underestimated. The figures … security while coping with a changing climate. By adopting sustainable land management practices, we can build the … to nature that needs to be accounted for. By implementing sustainable land management practices, we can simultaneously …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… to improve the state of the environment while supporting sustainable development. IEG covers a wide range of stakeholder and … as the Earth Summit, it was recognized that achieving sustainable development would require the active …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… that they bear in the international pursuit of sustainable development in view of the pressures their societies place on … degree of responsibility in the international pursuit of sustainable development. In practical terms, the concept of …
MEA Negotiator’s Handbook
… Programme (UNEP) Division of Environmental Policy Development (DEPI) P.O. Box 30552, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya … national and sectoral levels. At the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, the focus was on … ’Poverty is the worst form of pollution.’ Conversely, sustainable economic development is the only way we can …
D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services
… Rio de Janeiro during the UN Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit). Article 2 of the 1992 CBD defines … Align incentives to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable use; Internalize costs and benefits in the given … ones are Agenda 21 and the Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development, both adopted in 1992. Freshwater …