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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… substances, technologies and activities that produce adverse effects on the environment . It articulates the … plans, programmes and policies that may have a significant effect on the environment . 5 . Parties shall ensure that all … of natural systems and human communities to cope with the adverse effects of climate change . To these ends, they shall …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… Destruction of such wetlands decreases local rainfall with adverse effects on local crop yields. At macro-climatic … may be understood as any phenomenon liable to have an adverse effect on the conservation status of a species or ecosystem. …
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The 16 New POPs - An introduction to the chemicals added to the Stockholm Convention as Persistent Organic Pollutants by the Conference of the Parties

… biomagnification, as well as for long- range transport. Adverse effects are reported for soil organisms, birds, fish, … It can be long-range transported leading to significant adverse human health and environmental effects and it is … -range environmental transport, to lead to significant adverse human health and/or environmental effects . Use and …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… human rights and environmental law have recognized the effect of environmental degradation on human welfare. A … of the Moon and other celestial bodies and also adverse changes in the environment of earth. it states that … measures to avoid such harmful contamination and adverse changes (Article iX). The Treaty provides procedural …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… the human rights and climate change legal regimes B. Adverse impacts of climate change on the human rights to … the realisation of human rights globally. Not every adverse impact of climate change constitutes a human rights … – assuming the requisite political will to do so – to give effect to a mutually compatible overall set of international …
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Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines

… to enable communities and ecosystems deal with the adverse impacts of climate change. One such approach is … ecosystems enhance natural resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change and reduce the … the active and extensive participation of all sectors, to effect socio-economic development in Mindanao. Its programme …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… may not be suitable for drinking without causing adverse health effects. Polluted water may also be … inadequate sanitation facilities and to suffer consequent adverse effects on their health and environment. It is thus … and waste disposal uses could potentially have this effect, especially in view of the relationship between …
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Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… in Human Rights Council resolution 10/4 that the adverse effects of climate change have a range of … A/HRC/31/52 5 onset events, both of which have adverse effects on the full enjoyment of all human rights. … a warming planet, amplified in many cases by the El Niño effect. 32. In what has become a tragic annual event, a …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals and to give effect to the WSSD Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. … measures to prevent and reduce, as far as possible, adverse impacts from fishing activities conducted under their … measures may be considered to avoid or mitigate adverse environmental effects. Institutional framework …
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Guidelines for Reintroductions and other Conservation Translocations (Version 1.0)

… subsequently becoming invasive, often with massively adverse impacts. Any translocation will impact and be … that have become invasive aliens, often with extreme adverse impacts on native biodiversity, ecological services … a translocation outside a species’ indigenous range, and adverse impacts may not appear for many years - Annex 6.3. • …
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