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Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities

… for financial institutions? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business … for financial institutions? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business … for financial institutions? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business …
21 Sep 2024 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts

… 3.3. Conclusions 20 Chapter 4. Impact of climate change on exposure to POP s for wildlife and humans 21 4.1. Introduction 21 4.2. Exposure of wildlife 22 4.2.1. Changes to food web or trophic … 4.2.2. Changes to POP processes within organisms 25 4.3. Exposure of human populations 26 4.4. Conclusions 27 4.5. …
21 Sep 2024 Document

Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)

… 2 1.1. Purpose and scope of the document 3 2. How lead exposure occurs during recycling and disposal 4 2.1. … Steps in the recycling process 5 2.3. Lead release and exposure during recycling 6 2.3.1. Informal lead recycling 8 … chemicals released during recycling 9 2.5. Studies of lead exposure from recycling lead-acid batteries 9 2.5.1. Senegal …
21 Sep 2024 Document

Handbook of working procedures and policy guidance for the Chemical Review Committee

… chemical Purpose: To highlight measures taken to reduce exposure, in the first instance through regulatory controls … (a) A ban in the regulated category of use eliminates all exposure (occupational or environmental); and (b) A severe … an “acceptable” level. 3.1. Regulatory measures to reduce exposure Purpose: To provide information on the regulatory …
21 Sep 2024 Document

Bridging information

… notifying countries may use risk evaluations and/or exposure assessments completed in another country or from an … country which completed the original risk evaluation and exposure assessments or risk evaluations carried out under … the Committee will apply the following principles: (a) Exposure or potential exposure is a key element; (b) The …
21 Sep 2024 Document

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

… 3. Environmental and societal megatrends are changing exposure … of the total (xvii). Examples of more hidden pollution are exposure to complex mixtures of chemicals in consumer products, exposure to endocrine, neuro- or immuno-developmental toxic …
21 Sep 2024 Document

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… mix of other pollutants that are present and the actual exposure (European Environment Agency 2013). Some types of … to avoid risking Towards a Pollution-Free Planet further exposure of humans and ecosystems to current and future … people across the world die prematurely every year from exposure to outdoor and indoor air 2016), and nine Towards a …
21 Sep 2024 Document in Environmental Governance

Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… Risk Assessment identifies a site's contaminants, exposure pathways and receptors, which can then be used as … acceptable degree of risk. Indicative figures for risk and exposure assist a risk manager to reach the proper decision. … are seen, in all cases, at relatively high levels of exposure. The human population is ubiquitously 14 exposed to …
21 Sep 2024 Document

Atmospheric brown clouds Regional Assesment report with focus on Asia

… The economic loss resulting from deaths due to outdoor exposure to ABC-related PM2.5 has been crudely estimated to … predisposing environmental conditions or pollutant exposure characteristics. However, these data should be … across continents and oceans; consistent and persistent exposure of large populations, including high-risk …
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Effective planning strategies for managing environmental risk associated with geophisical and other imaging surveys - A resource guide for managers

… parameters from seismic sources; sound propagation and exposure modeling tools, algorithms, and assumptions; and alternatives that could minimise overall exposure of PSS to sound; and • stakeholder engagement, … characteristics. This evaluation should include an exposure analysis, evaluation of potential acute and chronic …
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