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UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015
… chain. Access to essential information: when a chemical or substance is subject to a legislative restriction somewhere … SMEs can be achieved through introducing and adopting alternative substances and related technologies. For over 25 … (PVC) carpet tile (24-inch squares) backing with an alternative, we reduced its weight by 40 per cent; lowered …
Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
… (e) The economic, social and environmental assessment of alternative measures for attaining environmental objectives … low- emission technology and the development of alternative fuels, as well as with retrofitting and other … effects near to and distant from their sources; 8. “Substance” means a single chemical species, or a number of …
Ozone Depletion - Chapter 9 - UNEP Training Manual on International Environmental Law
… developing countries to switch as quickly as possible to alternative substances and technologies. 21. The Montreal … countries, (“Beijing Amendment”). A new ozone depleting substance, bromochloromethane was added to the Protocol and … depletion, its environmental effects and the status of alternative substances and technologies and their economic …
Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… make every effort to reach agreement on all matters of substance by consensus. Where this is not possible, the … the promotion of alternatives to dumping, including alternative disposal mechanisms, recycling and the use of … or propose amendments (which may be in the form of an alternative text). Committee members may also comment on the …
Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
… managed ecosystems, or on materials useful to mankind. 3. “Alternative technologies or equipment” means technologies or … are likely to have adverse effects on the ozone layer. 4. “Alternative substances” means substances which reduce, … of the dispute. Article 11 Decisions both on procedure and substance of the arbitral tribunal shall be taken by a …
Handbook of working procedures and policy guidance for the Chemical Review Committee
… this section related to pesticides. There are a number of alternative methods involving chemical and non-chemical strategies, including alternative technologies available, depending on the … reference) European Union Classification of the active substance is (Commission Directive reference): T (toxic) Xi …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… Issues 48 5.3.1 Dispute settlement generally 48 5.3.2 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) 48 5.3.3 Case management … or at least reducing the input of each polluting substance, noting its origin and geographic target. … that is consistent with international law over any alternative interpretation that is inconsistent with …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… (d) protection against forest fires; (e) promotion of alternative livelihoods; and (f) research, training and … to the proposed activity, including the no-action alternative and possible measures to mitigate significant … to the proposed activity and also the no-action alternative; (c) A description of the environment likely to …
Ridding the world of POPs: a Guide to the Stockholm Convention Persitent Organic Polluants
… organizations will have a grea- ter incentive to develop alternative strategies for malaria control, hastening the day … allow recovery, recycling, reclamation, direct reuse or alternative uses of POPs, and it will prohibit their improper … programmes, train specialists, and develop and disseminate alternative chemicals and solutions. The idea is to create …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… and even the absence of information on products and alternative affordable options (United Nations Environment … Development Commission proposes to business leaders an alternative to business as usual, in the form of a business …