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Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches
… focused on promoting bioenergy for rural development, GHG emission reductions and energy security opportunities. To … agriculture. In general, these approaches involve reduction or elimination of synthetic inputs, improved … to help project planners and communities integrate risk reduction and climate change adaptation into community- level …
UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015
… soil containing polychlorinated biphe- nyls (PCBs). The emission intensity of dioxin in waste incineration, steel … and holis- tically to pursue two objectives: use reduction and pollution prevention. Reducing the volume of … Actors and Business: A Quantitative Assessment of their Emission Reduction Impact 2014 marked the evolution of UNEP’s …
Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… legal, social and economic considerations to develop risk reduction and prevention strategies. While a risk-based … water supply, surface cover and vegetations • consult emission inventory reports • consult the site or property … — For Continuous Monitoring and the Collection of Air, Air-Emission, Water, Wastewater, Soil, Sediment and Biological …
International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review
… added). 11 Peter H. Sand for the prevention, control and reduction of pollution of the marine environment of the … 88 to a ‘critical loads’ approach.89 According to it, emission reduction targets are tailored to the ecological … system in respect of controlled products, setting up emission standards, banning or controlling the use of certain …
Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General
… on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions, preamble (LRTAP Convention); … It does not contain binding, individual quantified emission reduction targets and timetables, but developed … by establishing binding, quantified and economy-wide emission reduction targets for a number of developed country …
Final: Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment
… on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions, preamble (LRTAP Convention); … It does not contain binding, individual quantified emission reduction targets and timetables, but developed … by establishing binding, quantified and economy-wide emission reduction targets for a number of developed country …
Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals
… It was proposed that the “final goals” could include reduction of income poverty, food security, education, health … decade and in light of further scientific findings was the reduction schedule tightened. (See Kiss & Shelton. 2004. … biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss. A review of the two indicators …
Feed-in tariffs and a policy Instrument for promoting renewable energies and green economies in developing countries
… development from resource use inevitably comprises reduction of fossil fuels use and scaled up deployment of … – CERs - under the Clean Development Mechanism), air emission credits, or thermal energy (for combined … on policy and financing options to support green, low-emission and climate-resilient development. New York, NY: …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… natural resource management, climate change and poverty reduction. She was the Commission on Environmental, Economic, … Jessica supports the IUCN Conservation for Poverty Reduction Initiative-Africa. Jessica holds a Masters of … coordinating IUCN’s work on livelihood security, poverty reduction, indigenous people and rural communities. He …