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C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards

… C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards Author: Marcella Nanni Scope: The class is … of the basin states concerned. The focus is on surface water resources, since a specific module – Module E – is … significant harm is an obligation of conduct based on the standard of due diligence. The appropriateness of the …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

The "Greening" of Water Law: Implementing Environment-Friendly Principles in Contemporary Water Law

… implementation of international principles for sustainable water management, through the lens of the Multilateral … illustrating the main “green” principles of international water law, stemming from both binding and non-binding … CONTROL 1 No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention, and Quality Standards 2 No Significant Harm and Transboundary …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law Author: Stefano Burchi Scope: This class will … of the environment as a legitimate user of available water resources. It will present the environment as a … for, available water resources of a suitable quantity and quality. The influence of select multilateral environmental …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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

… and adequate conditions of life, in an environment of a quality…”, while the Rio Declaration states that humans “are … by regional agreements looking at specific transboundary water basins, while land and soil pollution is indirectly … had legally binding controls on lead in paint. In water pollution management, 41 per cent of 130 countries …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… source pollution. The class highlights how quantity and quality control of groundwater are interrelated because … include prohibiting or limiting certain polluting or water- using activities, such as limiting the use of … areas or the capture zones of the main areas of potable water-supply abstraction. In addition, it will introduce the …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… of ecosystem protection and preservation in international water law. It highlights related provisions regarding the … in Chapter 18 of Agenda 21, titled “Protection of the Quality and Supply of Freshwater Resources: Application of … of human activity affecting waters precludes an absolute standard of ecological integrity”,[2] which goes back to the …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… the objective is to maintain and improve the quantity and quality of productive land. The conference called for … land degradation to support decision making in land and water management ” and in 2013 in Bonn on “Economic … at present one of the most widely used indices are the Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) developed by McKee et al., …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… Flue gas desulphurization FGR Flue gas recirculation H2O Water HC Hydrocarbon HCB Hexachlorobenzene HCH … SOx Sulphur oxides SOMA Sulphur oxides management area STP Standard temperature (0° C) and pressure (1.013 x 105 Pa) 10 … carried on or contemplated therein. Article 6: Air quAlity mAnAgement Taking into account articles 2 to 5, the …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… the waste, hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and land that emanates from man-made activity and that … i. ‘hard-hitting’ pollutants; ii. Areas of pollution (air, water, marine and coastal, land/soil) including the … a Pollution-Free Planet Air pollution 1. Develop air quality policies and strategies at the subnational, national …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… to fulfil individual’s human rights to life, health, water, food, work, culture, development, access to … their basic human rights to food, health, and an adequate standard of living are violated; When a government fails to … and adequate conditions of life, in an environment of a quality that permits a life of dignity and being.’ The …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance