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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 … on climate change will be a major step forward in tackling air pollution, as the root causes of global warming and air pollution largely overlap. Addressing short-lived climate …
20 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… the waste, hazardous pollutants, and pollution of air, water and land that emanates from man-made activity and … 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 …
20 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… 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 … the right of enjoyment of pollution free water and air for full enjoyment of life.” In 1995, the Supreme Court …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… or mangroves; • Social values: employment, safety, health, quality of life, social security, appreciation of the … natural processes with regard to soil, water, or air, where impact assessment at an appropriate level of … and sources of environmental deterioration focuses on standard agenda and symptoms of environmental deterioration …
20 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… including the rights to life, to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to an adequate … information, including infor- mation about: the quality of the environment, including air and water; pollution, waste, chemicals and other …
20 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… (CITES),9 and the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollu- tion10 and its protocols. Finally, in an epilogue … schemes intro- duced by many MEAs.44 Much depends on the quality and comparability of the data submitted by states, usually on the basis of uniform standard criteria laid down by expert committees under the …
20 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… Facility GHG Greenhouse Gas GLWQA Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement GWP Global Water Partnership GWPO Global … Quality Agreement and the improvement of transboundary air quality. 2.4.7. Convention on the Status of the Volta … right to water, as part of the human right to an adequate standard of living.181 Although the precise content of the …
20 Jul 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… for the protocols under the Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention (called LRTAP – adopted in 1979) in … to little more than an expression of intent, with no clear standard for compliance, and much room for interpretation and … of substance and process. Substantive trends relate to the quality, scope and orientation of the actual MEA instruments. …
20 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… development as the overarching paradigm for improving quality of life in 1992, at UNCED. Although sustainable … which is the framework for our efforts to achieve a higher quality of life for all people...”. Paragraph 5 of the 2002 … The 1979 Convention on Long- Range Transboundary Air Pollution reproduces Principle 21 stating that it …
20 Jul 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… taken steps to ensure compliance with Colombian law on air quality.28 They also condemned 14 the threats suffered by … with potentially affected groups.P IFC Performance Standard 7 too articulates expectations upon investors in …
20 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance