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Energy law and sustainable development

… the 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and its Protocols. 1302 U.N.T.S. 217, 18 I.L.M. … among the environmental externalities are the following: air pollution including "acid rain," waste water pollution, …
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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

… converted—can be a source of domestic energy and reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Collected effluent is … medicines. Alternative energy sources for cooking reduce air particulates and associated respiratory problems. Social … soils, which are continuing to deteriorate as a result. Air pollutants also cause lung disease and asthma, impair …
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International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… Legal Regime for Marine Environmental Protection: Pollution Control ..................................... 10 … 101 II-6 Pollution From or Through the Air … development, and pollution borne to the sea by rivers and air or from estuaries, coastal development, pipelines, and …
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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… Cooperation – Taking Stock • Czech Republic – integrated pollution register • Finland – Tarkkailija • Canada – … other things, the state of the environment, including air and water resources, soil and earth, protected areas, and … of time. Indicators fall under broad categories, including air and climate, water management, forests, industry and …
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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 … management of natural resources such as soil and land, air and water, and biological resources. It also considers … novel in addressing these issues, in particular control of air, water and soil pollution, waste management, and the …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… industrial Risks & Pollution … international Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage … UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air … factors such as water, climate, soil quality, air quality, and biological diversity. Pollution and land … change impacts, natural disasters, and forms of local air pollution.30 CEDAW was the first Convention to call for …
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Water as a human right?

… for the future, as growing demands outstrip supplies and pollution continues to contaminate rivers, lakes and … 2: “The natural resources of the earth including the air, water, land, flora and fauna and especially … rights instrument. It has been suggested that water like air is so fundamental to preserving a right to life that …
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Third report on the protection of the atmosphere

… . . . . 6 A. The duty to prevent transboundary atmospheric pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 … its scope or even elaborating a new, global convention on air pollution.” 15 In regard to the 2013 understanding, 16 … See Birgit Lode et al., “Clean Air for All? Air Quality in the 2030 Agenda, and in …
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Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs

… worldwide chemistry experiment involving the oceans, air, soils, plants, animals, and human beings. The Chemicals … worldwide chemistry experiment involving the oceans, air, soils, plants, animals, and human beings. The Chemicals … sites is a delicate job that risks leakage and additional pollution, and the safe destruction or containment of PCBs …
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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… the alteration of its quality. Therefore, processes like pollution, the introduction of invasive species, or the … Basin Ecosystem, which means the interacting components of air, land, water and living organisms, including humans, … which includes other elements than water, such as air and land. The 1978 Agreement also includes substances and …
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