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The status of climate change litigation - A global review
… permission with a statement of purpose should be addressed to the Communications Division, UN Environment Programme, … and regional economies that rely on having predictable access to particular resources and markets.4 The need to … non-U.S. country (80); the United Kingdom and the Court of Justice of the EU have both seen about half as many as …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… investment in agriculture and food systems Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting … investment in agriculture and food systems Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting … 5. Respect tenure of land, fisheries and forests, and access to water. 6. Conserve and …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… 39 2.3 Participation in decision making related to REDD … Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, Access and Benefit Sharing under the Convention on Biological … people most urgent.16 This is not only a consideration of justice, but also of opportunity. Forest dwellers and users …
UN Environment Policy : Promoting Greater Protection for Environmental Defenders
… Mandate UN Environment derives its overall and aims to provide leadership and informing and enabling nations and … with other agencies to rights and the protection advancing justice, governance environmental law on the Periodic Review … Around 40-50% of all victims come lands, and their access to the natural livelihoods.3 Women environmental …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… em pow erm ent of the poor 103 Wildlife law can contribute to the legal empowerment of the poor to varying extents by … the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity 1.4 The Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) 1.5 …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… xxi 1 Introduction: Identifying What is Needed to Enable Creation and Functionality of the International ABS … II Regional and Other Coordinated Interests 27 4 SADC: Access to Genetic Resources, and Sharing the Benefits of … 3(a)). See also, Statutes of the International Court of Justice Art. 38, para. 1b. 45 Concepts of common law …
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
… General Assembly on 25 September 2015 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/70/L.1)] 70/1. Transforming our world: … universal literacy. A world with equitable and universal access to quality education at all levels, to health care and … for human rights and human dignity, the rule of law, justice, equality and non-discrimination; of respect for …
Water as a human right?
… spread across some 140 countries. As a Union, IUCN seeks to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the … target of halving the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation by 2015. The WSSD recognised the … Art. 38(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice is relied upon in determining sources of …
UN Treaty Handbook
… legal or other professional advice. Readers may wish to seek such advice before taking action in relation to matters described in this Handbook or otherwise relying on … settlement, reference to the International Court of Justice, etc. See, for example, article 119 (2) of the Rome …
Transboundary water governance and climate change adaptation: international law, policy guidelines and best practice application
… http://www.unesco.org/open-access/termsuse-ccbysa-en … 10 1 Introduction 12 1.1 12 1.2 14 2 Selected approaches to water and climate adaptation at the regional level 16 2.1 … Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 6 in the 6 Including over …