Sentences with phrase «binding obligations»

There are no legally binding obligations between or among Partners or Actors.

They are legally binding obligations that are payable to another person or entity.

More specifically, the Paris Agreement includes a set of legally binding obligations on a range of issues, including:

In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was concluded and established legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

First, in certain European Union («EU») countries, notably the United Kingdom, there is a growing shortage of baseload generation capacity resulting from binding obligations to reduce GHG and other harmful emissions.

The Bhutanese: One of the key issues to be considered during the Doha Climate Change Conference is the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, which sets binding obligations on industrialized countries as the foundation for any future climate regimes.

June 21, 2012: Garry writes NHD about a $ 12.3 million loan, saying amendments requiring the town to repay in the event of default are «valid binding obligations.»

A further reason why victory is unlikely is that the EU did impose lesser binding obligations, for instance with respect to minimum energy efficiency and energy efficiency labeling.

In unusually clear language, Mr. Connaughton said that the Bush administration would accept a treaty with binding obligations for curbing greenhouse - gas emissions, but with a significant catch, of course.

The Sustainable Development Mechanism must adopt a truly transformative approach that formally rejects the logic of offsetting and includes binding obligations to respect human rights, gender equality, the rights of indigenous peoples, local community led efforts, and environmental integrity.

Negotiators hoped the deal would put binding obligations to cut emissions on all the world's major emitters, including the US and China.

The key here is that any new treaty would be based upon a «pledge and review» (PAR) system, which removes binding obligations based upon historical responsibility (one of the foundational principles of the Convention).

In the United Nations forum, it is crucial to remember that discussion of legally binding obligations leads to gridlock.

Consequently, the duty of solidarity in this domain of EU law is enforceable when it is transformed into a valid, legally binding obligation through the process of the adoption of concrete measures in accordance with a Treaty - based legislative procedure.

Kyoto Protocol: an international treaty that sets binding obligations on industrialized countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was concluded and established legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

However, HMRC denied tax relief on the contribution, arguing that where the legislation provided for tax relief in respect of «contributions paid», it referred to a money payment, and that the documentation executed by the member and the provider prior to the share transfer had not created a legally binding obligation on the member to pay a sum of money to the scheme.

In 1997 the Kyoto Protocol established legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

West Perth - based miner Metals X has hit back at Northern Star Resources» bid for Tanami Gold's Central Tanami project with claims that the deal conflicted with legally - binding obligations.

The contracts function like software programs that encapsulate business logic — rules about money transfers, equity stake transfers, and other types of binding obligations — based on predetermined conditions.

As Christians we have a binding obligation to make fullest use of our moral insights and creative imaginations to work for what is of most benefit to people.

«Under our law, with Mr Assange having exhausted all options of appeal, the British authorities are under a binding obligation to extradite him to Sweden.

At least two of the three companies whose employment figures the state is counting towards the 250 goal do not have binding obligations to create jobs in connection with the AMRI project.

In her judgment Justice Shagari agreed with SERAP that «the Federal Government has a legally binding obligations to tell Nigerians the names of all suspected looters of the public treasury past and present.»

«In her judgment delivered on 5th July 2017 Justice Shagari agreed with SERAP that «the Federal Government has legally binding obligations to tell Nigerians the names of all suspected looters of the public treasury past and present.

So the answer is that while there is no legally binding obligation to keep promises, Members of the House usually have to promise and appear to do more to keep those promises due to job security, in contrast to Senators who often make few promises and are laxer about keeping them.

In addition, «Indiana itself created the binding obligation on which tenured teachers have relied for decades — and from which the state itself has benefitted.»

Its enforceable and legally binding obligations, along with future commitments related to all contracts that it is likely to continue, regardless of the fact that they are «cancelable as of December 31, 2008,» excluding those captured in the financial statements, are around $ 5.0 M through 2011.

Its enforceable and legally binding obligations, along with future commitments related to all contracts that it is likely to continue, regardless of the fact that they are «cancelable as of September 30, 2008,» excluding those captured in the financial statements, are around $ 5.5 M through 2011.

Mr. Connaughton reminded me that in United Nations parlance, a «commitment» is a binding obligation, while an «action» is something you do when and if you feel like it.

«Even the most cursory review of the text of the Paris Agreement discloses a careful, purposeful alternation between the mandatory «shall» — indicating a binding obligation governed by international law — and the hortatory «should» — nonbinding statements of strictly political intent without legal force,» Wirth wrote.

The United States understood that it had no binding obligations under Agenda 21 to develop any new programs and that the body of US law was for the most part equal to or more demanding than recommendations in the Agenda 21's environmental chapters.

The NAMAs, however, would not constitute binding emissions reduction requirements for developing countries in contrast to the binding obligations of developed countries in the Kyoto Protocol that would be further developed in Copenhagen.

The guidelines for implementation of the Paris Agreement, now being negotiated in Bonn, should make clear and deliver on the binding obligation to human rights inherent in the Agreement, he said.

Earlier this year the Europe Union committed itself to a binding obligation to cut its emissions to 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, with the option of increasing this to 30 per cent if other countries take comparable action.

In his speech, he called on the government to suspend the UK's legally binding obligation to cut emissions and abandon its pursuit of renewable energy in favour of submarine - style nuclear power.

President Bush withdrew the U.S. primarily due to the fact that emerging economies such as China and India did not have binding obligations for climate targets, putting the U.S. at a perceived economic disadvantage.

While many developed countries condition any further action, including fulfilling their legally binding obligations to a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, on greater action by emerging economies, developing country pledges already far outweigh pledges by developed countries.