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Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention
… does not have a stable financial mechanism for capacity-building and technological transfer. Although a Technical … only with regard to policy- making, but also with capacity building and the technical aspects of implementation. The … to the Basel Convention has recognized that capacity building should be accomplished in partnership, between …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… Section 3: Supporting measures: Article 19 - Capacity building, education and public awareness, Article 20 - … be promoted through economic instruments and awareness-building; (i) Access to information and public participation … watercourse institutions. Article 5 - Shared watercourses institution 1. The joint body for co-operation between the …
Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches
… successful there is an urgent need for improved capacity building, technology transfer and programmes that assist … impacts of different river flows. Module 3. Scenario-building – For any potential flow regime, scenarios are … Kapila, S., Hicks, F., Mitchell, P. and Varhies, F. (2008) Building Biodiversity Business. Shell International Limited …
Towards a Representative Network of Marine Protected Areas in Libya
… the state- owned General Electricity Company (GECOL) is building several new power plants to run on natural gas, … land use (from forest to farmland, then from farmland to building sites) as in cities like Tripoli, in a continuous … of the identification and selection of sites for building a coherent and representative network of marine and …
Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
… and UNEP initiated technical assistance and capacity building activities to meet these goals. Mercury is … of financial, technical, technological, and capacity-building support, particularly for developing countries, and … Parties shall, at its first meeting, decide on the hosting institution for the Programme, which shall be an existing …
Commodities at a Glance - Special issue on Shale Gas
… issue on shale gas FIGURES Figure 1 Hydrocarbon system building blocks … that differentiate Figure 1 Hydrocarbon system building blocks Figure 2 Scale of rock permeability Source: … scope of data related to world resources published by this institution. EIA defines resources as estimated volumes that …
Feed-in tariffs and a policy Instrument for promoting renewable energies and green economies in developing countries
… this report with its partners and in future capacity building as well as policy and regulatory support activities. … application (e.g. ground mounted PV, roof-mounted PV, building-integrated PV, etc.) Ownership type (e.g. publicly … to accommodate the renewable generators – such as building new substations or adding new transmission and …
Patents and clean energy technologies in Africa
… patent rights. Comparative advantages and its strategy of building upon existing initiatives led UNEP to pursue an … developed and implemented in a manner that contributes to building Rwanda’s technological base and cultural industries … and strategies, which have a longer history in Africa. Building on this history and experience, in 2005 the African …