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Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… is state-owned. State companies are usually treated as public service entities and are not required to maximise … cause inefficient energy use, are a major burden on public finances and have resulted in poor energy-sector … aggravated local and regional pollution, a major public health issue. Growth in LPG use has resulted in savings of …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… from burning biomass and its adverse effects on human health. This study builds on the preliminary findings of … environmental impact assessment, information disclosure, public participation and protection of traditional knowledge. … and medium-sized enterprises and agricultural development, public information and stakeholder participation, …
Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change
… 101 Human health and food safety … 125 Public private partnerships … Provision of bins for recycling and waste collection in public spaces … sparse knowledge on levels and effects does not indicate a health risk to humans now, but the uncertainty is high. The … measures (costs of action); and facilitate financing, public-private partnerships, capacity-building and technology …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… knowledge, technology, power, decision making, education, health care and food have been identified as the most … sound technologies that are publicly owned or in the public domain and the creation of an enabling environment for … and sustainability research and in the process of public policy making to respond to climate change. 1.4 Stern …
Position document for Rotterdam Convention COP8 Meeting - 2017
… COP8 Meeting - 2017 For environmental occupational health safe and responsible use When anti-asbestos groups are … proponents of forwarding profit objectives against public health priorities and human rights. accuse all involved stakeholders, including public relations professionals and legal counsel of immoral …
Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… of biodiversity can contribute to poverty reduction, human health, equity and security. Conversely, we have clear … human wellbeing Governance Since its launch in the public arena in the 1980 World Conservation Strategy, … governments, in all parts of the world, are making major public investments in technology. Malaysia, for example, …
Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… and their impacts form the basis for our shared wealth, health and well-being. �is positive trend must be expanded as … and projections Based on the limited evidence available, public awareness of biodiversity and its importance appears … landowners, other stakeholders and the general public; effec- tive protected area networks and other …
FAO's work on Climate Change
… without simultaneously addressing climate change, the health of the oceans, land degradation, social inclusion, … that smallholders cannot carry on their own. Channelling public and private investments into agricultural sectors, … feed and forage yields and increased risks to animal health. å Livestock supply chains account for 14.5 percent of …
Acting Now!
… in 2005 to take immediate action to protect human health and the environment from the release of mercury and … of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership is to protect human health and the global environment from the release of mercury … and mercury compounds to the atmosphere 21. Reporting 18. Public information, awareness and education 5 and Annex B. …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the … 111 COM LEVEL 1 113 CATEGORY TRP. TOURISM, RECREATION AND PUBLIC USE 114 TRP LEVEL 4 115 TRP LEVEL 3 117 TRP LEVEL 2 … with distinct skills, recognised in the same way as health workers, teachers and engineers. The process of …