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Aquaculture: responsible practices and certification
… on dialogue, transparency and respect, and seeking greater equity in international trade, is also linked to … play a wider role in the global arena to achieve greater equity in international trade. Most fair trade import … Society Economy Environmental acceptability• Social equity • Economic viability• Aquaculture Responsible …
Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches
… emissions • Loss of biodiversity • Land rights and other equity issues Aim of this paper As a number of sustainability … issues such as urban and indoor air pollution concerns • Equity issues such as land rights, tenure and gender • … has focused upon broader policy and economic issues and equity concerns such as trade barriers and subsidies. When …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… how legislative instruments can be used to enhance social equity, economic development and reduce environmental risks … 195 6.2 Social Equity and Poverty Alleviation … one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and …
Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… sanitation General Comment 15 stresses the principles of equity and financial accessibility, stipulating that water … for water services has to be based on the principle of equity, ensuring that these services, whether privately or … for all, including socially disadvantaged groups. Equity demands that poorer households should not be …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… should ensure social justice with sustainability, equity and ecological stability. Destruction of conditions of … as follows: • the right to development; • inter-generation equity; • integration of environmental protection and … open and supportive economic system; • intra-generational equity; • sustainable utilization of resources; • …
Community - based incentives for nature conservation
… nature conservation; • Highlights practical equity, sustainability and efficiency considerations in the … practice due to enforcement costs and questions of their equity and ethical basis. In Case Study 2, for example, the … groups. This requires careful consideration of their equity, efficiency and sustainability. As both local and …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… issues – the role of transboundary EIA, the meaning of ‘equity’ in the specific context of transboundary waters, the … to represent something of a retreat from the distributive equity inherent in the firmly established principle of … into equal shares.203 Since it is based on the notion of equity, the concept demands the weighing and balancing of the …
Issues in water law reform
… raises an equally fundamental issue of balancing the equity goals underlying the conception of water resources as … the integrity of ecosystems and intergenerational equity. In the words of one practitioner: "Ecological … to changing technology, prices and climatic conditions; Equity - no group of people, including future generations, is …
Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines
… It recognizes, and in fact highlights, the importance of equity, gender, and the role and importance of local and … EbA recognizes and in fact highlights the importance of equity, gender, and the role and importance of local and … economic benefits). In addition, issues of gender, equity and distribution of costs and benefits are not …
Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… developments, including economic and population growth, equity and sustainability. A breakdown of the global net … Chapter 1, 1.4, 5.1} D2.2. The consideration of ethics and equity can help address the uneven distribution of adverse … instruments as well as accompanying measures to secure the equity of the transition, acknowledging the challenges …