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

… Forecasts indicate that total savings across industry from green chemistry developments could reach $65.5 billion, and … Planet act as an engine of economic growth and a source of green employment (Kumar 2017). 2.3 Challenges and gaps … their legal obligations and strengthen implementation. • Infrastructure gaps exist with regards to monitoring …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… access to public transport and non- motorized transport infrastructure in cities 7. Increase investment in renewable … efficiency 8. Improve access to clean cooking fuels and green technologies for residential heating 9. Protect and … and methane from agriculture 11. Designate and expand green spaces in urban areas 12. Enhance climate change …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… for permits to extract groundwater for industrial use or infrastructure projects. But, the EIA is regulated separately … to the environment. This is done through water savings infrastructure, water purchase, and redistribution as part of …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… and financial costs often associated with manmade or grey infrastructure[4]. Of particular interest is the related … FAO, 2008 [4] In this regard, the concept of natural or green infrastructure has recently emerged (WRI, 2013). 3. … The Value of Forests – Payment for Ecosystem Services in a Green Economy, UNECE/UNEP/FAO, United Nations, Geneva, 2014. …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… door open to further attacks. By backing extractive and infrastructure projects imposed on local communities without … communities over large-scale development projects. THE GREEN LIGHT WITHOUT CONSENT Francisca first heard about the … defenders in 2016 29 Silence is interpreted as a green light by those wishing to repress defenders. …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… determining their effectiveness, or on the impacts of the infrastructure of the regulatory environment within this … out between 1992 and 1998, in Peter H. Sand, ‘A Century of Green Lessons: The Contribution of Nature Conservation … Conflict Resolution (2000) 630- 652; Sand, ‘A Century of Green Lessons’, supra note 28, at 37; Emilie M. …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… European Union General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Green Cross International Gross domestic product Greenhouse … date, the UN Global Initiative includes partners such as Green Cross, UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water … waters 28 Figure B.3 | Global Water Footprint (Source US Infrastructure/ WWF, 2010)12 12 For more information see WWF …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… EFFECT Eutrophication, harmful algal bloom such as blue-green algae changing habitats, toxicity, reduction in … developing countries, where recycling and treatment infrastructure is limited and the legal and institutional …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… agreements more generally. The sections highlighted in green indicate that that provision in the respective … the secretariat organised a public-private dialogue on green growth in the Greater Mekong Subregion. The objective … funds, in addition to $400 million in co-financing and EU infrastructure support was invested through the “GEF …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… driven by agribusiness, extrac- tives, logging, and infrastructure projects, often backed by foreign investment, … (accessed 22 April 2016) 184 Green Scenery, Oakland Institute, GRAIN and others, (3 June … harassment (accessed 21 April 2016) 187 Ibid 188 Green Scenery (10 March 2016), Sierra Leone: Imprisonment for …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance