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Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms

… concerns, particularly climate change and local pollution. In some cases, governments subsidise these … supply and consumption, including local and regional air pollution and CO2 emissions. By encouraging over- … and electricity in poor countries can also reduce indoor air pollution, if they encourage a shift away from …
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Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General

… required not only to take measures against environmental pollution, but also to cooperate on liability regimes. This … to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions, … contribute to mitigating climate change.105 Transboundary air pollution 35. Air pollution is a major global …
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Final: Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment

… required not only to take measures against environmental pollution, but also to cooperate on liability regimes. This … to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions, … contribute to mitigating climate change.105 Transboundary air pollution 35. Air pollution is a major global …
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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study

… the environment, 2/ and, similarly, is both the victim of pollution and the cause of multiple harm. It is a producer of … as the elimination of solid wastes and the pollution of air and water. These have been mainly used with regard to … declared as such (article 2): We could also include the air, the wind, the sea, sunrays, etc. However, the following …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… services such as flood control, groundwater recharge, pollution control and supply regulation (Opperman 2009). 3 … pollination for nearby agricultural fields, improve air quality, regulate local climate (including cooling) and … the urban park forest maintained its ability to remove air pollutants over a period of 19 years, removing about 72.4 …
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UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015

… Council, the economic toll of health costs associated with air pollution in the United States alone is US$120 billion per … for 124 types of water pollutants and 120 types of air pollutants. Cleaner production standards have also been …
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Enforcement of Environmental Law: Good Practices from Africa,Central Asia, ASEAN Countries and China

… on which people can report any instances of environmental pollution. China: Certain environmentally-relevant … than in 2012. The vast majority of these (70%) concerned air pollution, and some 80% were verified. Information is … has been developed that allows the public to check current air quality in bigger cities. Singapore: An environmental …
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International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… (CITES),9 and the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollu- tion10 and its protocols. Finally, in an epilogue … 10 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, Geneva, November 13 1979, in force 16 March …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… which impact on the environment 11 3.1 Control of pollution and waste management 11 3.2 Military and hostile … from sustainable management of land and soil, water, air and biological resources, and seeks to integrate … management of natural resources such as soil and land, air and water, and biological resources. It also considers …
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Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats

… 26 5 Air … areas:  Environmental quality: crimes adversely affecting air, land, and water typically involve companies and/or … related to fisheries crime and associated crimes;  The Pollution Crime Working Group oversees projects linked to the … trade, illegal trade in hazardous waste and chemicals, air pollution, and other forms of environmental crime, including …
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