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… costs for consumers or producers may be considered a subsidy. An energy subsidy can take several different forms. … reduce noxious and CO2 emissions. Have exacerbated the harmful environmental e ffects of energy supply and … for the poor. Many energy-subsidy schemes are also harmful for the environment. Subsidies that encourage the …

… system. However, it currently allows for some government subsidy of agricultural activities, which may include practices harmful to agricultural or other biodiversity. As such, this … extent to which it supports the elimination of subsidies harmful to biodiversity. Article 3.1 prohibits subsidies if …

… depending on the intended effect and on the design of the subsidy – whether intended to maintain excess capacity or … products contaminated by heavy metals, long-lived and harmful chemicals and materials, persistent organic … an in- crease in the frequency, magnitude, and duration of harmful algal blooms (HABs) worldwide. HABs can contaminate …

… subsidies. In fact the loan itself is a form of undeclared subsidy, when accompanied by a low and, therefore, in real … to keep open future options, as a buffer against harmful environmental change". 153/ It has, however, been … that the non-agricultural use of farmland is often more harmful to the natural habitat than is agriculture itself. …

… (Target 2). Governments continue to provide subsidies harmful to biodiversity, and while agricultural subsidies are … leading to the removal, phasing out, or reform of harmful subsidies in cases where candidate incentives and … by exploring innova- tive financial mechanisms, such as subsidy reform and payment for ecosystem services schemes, …

… they go hand in hand with the abolition of environmentally harmful subsidies, major strides can be made towards an … international law regime to regulate the emission of the harmful GHG products of energy consumption. The essence of … to society of producing or importing the fuel source. The subsidy is often paid by the government, adding to its budget …

… plastic debris is ubiquitous in the global ocean and is harmful to marine life. Many of the LMEs with high relative … and which flow to the sea in rivers and can lead to harmful algal blooms. As nutrient input from many rivers is … fisheries management. LME-scale results vary from no subsidy to a subsidization rate of 80 per cent of the catch …

… for a system of plant variety protection; the export subsidy reduction commitments in article 9 of the Agreement … actions responding to imports that are considered "harmful" to the importing country's economy, or domestic … illnesses, phytosanitary action to combat the spread of harmful plant diseases, and compensation for animals or …

… economic and human health risks of potentially harmful plant and animal pests and diseases, alien invasive … vocal in expressing concerns about potential unintended harmful effects of such food. A new market for agricultural … identifies domestic food aid as a permissible “green box” subsidy,5 which is seen as not having an adverse effect on …

… suspended the scheme (Section 24). Currently, the only subsidy available to fishermen is the duty-free import of … local resistance to the expansion of two environmentally harmful marine fishing techniques in Kenya’. Society and … to prevent and contain these accidents, they are extremely harmful to the ecosystems and the economy in the regions …