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Chemicals for a sustainable future; Report of the EEA Scientific Committee Seminar (Copenhagen, 17 May 2017)

… for Air Analysis NOTES Non-toxic Environment Strategy ODS Ozone-depleting substance PBT Persistent, bioaccumulative and … soil, impacts from agrochemicals and transport, or as ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) and greenhouse gases (GHGs) … harm played an important role include CFCs depleting the ozone layer, the regulation of mercury in the Minamata …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… Cazzolla Gatti, FAO, Italy Alvin Chandra, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, UK Thomas Chiramba, … southern limit. The rains commence in May-July, when the atmospheric Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) moves … et al., 2009): > For the last 30 years, effects of the ozone hole have worked in opposition to potential effects of …
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Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… NGO nongovernmental organization NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.) NDRMS National Disaster … left behind by Hurricane Katrina. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey and … trays, bottles, bags, cups, and plates.140 In Vanuatu, the Ozone Layer Protection Act prohibits the importation of …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… between water and the broader biophysical environment (atmospheric, marine, terrestrial, aquatic, and subterranean). … Direct impacts on terrestrial ecosystem Direct impacts on atmospheric ecosystem „Blue“ Water „Green“ Water Indirect … Geoscience, Vol. 337, pp. 399- 410; and Litfin, K. (1994). Ozone Discourses: Science and Politics in Global …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer. In designing specific differentiated regimes, …
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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… melting of glaciers and ice sheets, CO2 emissions and atmospheric concentrations are increasing at an accelerating … open. The concerns among the scientific community that as atmospheric CO2 increases, the options for the ocean (i.e. … Arctic and Antarctic responses to greenhouse gas and ozone forcing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… “Ecosystems and organisms, as well as the land, marine and atmospheric resources that are utilized by man, shall be … Law (amended 1999), Law on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution (amended 2000), Law on the Prevention … 132 E.g., PRC National Program for Phasing-out Ozone Depleting Substances; more than 100 policies and …
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The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

… the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer requires its Parties to submit information about the quantity of ozone-depleting substances that they manufactured or used … the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted on the basis of articles 2 and 8 of the …
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Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability

… emission of pollutants into the ambient air, damage the ozone layer, and cause climate change (art. 1). The 2006 … contributing to sustainable development; decreasing atmospheric pollution, as well as that of soils and aquifers; … one of the objectives of the law is to reduce polluting atmospheric emissions and GHGs by implementing the …
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Mediterranean marine protected areas and climate change: a guide to regional monitoring and adaptation opportunities

… before. Variable ocean circulation Possible changes in atmospheric circulation, the posi- tion of high and low … sions, alterations in both stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, aerosol emissions and other factors. Neverthe- less, … (from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s) due to anoma- lous atmospheric pressures— has regained pace since then and seems …
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