Sentences with phrase «global ban»

Zerbo has also led the organization in working toward universalization of the Comprehensive Nuclear - Test - Ban Treaty, a legally binding global ban on nuclear explosive testing.

The controversial idea will get a hearing next week at a major conservation meeting in South Africa, where elephant - rich African nations will renew a push to scrap a long - standing global ban on ivory sales and replace it with a limited legal trade in tusks taken from carefully managed elephant populations.

When scientists discovered a huge and growing hole in the earth's ozone layer, Canadian researchers and bureaucrats were so central to the response that the ensuing global ban in the manufacture of ozone - depleting chemicals would be named the Montreal Protocol.

The rule, applied to all U.N. personnel, is apparently part of a broader movement (which includes the U.S. Transportation Department and advocacy group FocusDriven) to enact a true global ban on the practice.

Mines Action Canada has created an online petition to Keep Killer Robots Fiction, which calls on the Government of Canada to immediately prohibit the development and deployment of fully autonomous weapons in Canada and to support efforts to create a pre-emptive global ban on the technology.

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Last year, Hilton announced a global ban of the sale of shark fin in all owned and managed properties.

The government has been accused of «actively trying to undermine» the global ban on torture in its efforts to tackle terrorism.

I oppose the replacement of Trident and support a global ban on nuclear weapons.

I support a global ban on such weapons as part of our commitment to nuclear disarmament, as was successful with other weapons of mass destruction such as chemical and biological weapons.

The effect of high UV on conifers and potentially other trees also suggests caution today in introducing chemicals that deplete Earth's ozone layer, which has yet to recover after a global ban on chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants in the 1980s instituted after ozone holes developed over the poles.

30 years after they were first produced industrially and used around the world, the expert committee of the Stockholm Convention has classified HBCDs as POPs and thus laid the foundations for a global ban.

The report comes just months after IFAW accused eBay, Inc., of failing to clamp down on the illegal animal sales and a day after the San Jose, Calif., company announced a global ban on the sale of most types of ivory (with the exception of «antique» items made before 1900 that contain small bits of ivory, such as antique piano keys or tables with ivory inlay).

Although manipulation of the human germline is prohibited by law in many countries, including Germany, a global ban is not in effect.

But David Azoulay, managing attorney for the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) in Geneva, Switzerland, says that the global ban is a good step.

«This action is a complete turning point in potential protection of deep - sea bottom communities,» says marine biologist Les Watling of the University of Hawaii, Honolulu: «One can hope that this will lead to a global ban of bottom trawling in the deep sea, but I can't say I am optimistic on that point.

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants has voted for a global ban of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), a common flame retardant in insulation, textiles, and electronics.

The Montreal Protocol in 1987 instituted a global ban on the use of CFCs, which has reportedly helped improve the situation in Antarctica.

In spite of a global ban, the illegal ivory trade has exploded, with most of the demand coming from Asian countries, particularly China.

Bird people have proclaimed a global ban on all outdoor cats, even your cat in your yard, unless you put it in a cage with a top, so a bird can't fly into your yard.

On Wednesday, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) confirmed that it will be recommending a global ban of smart bags starting Jan. 15, 2018.

But the ozone issue, while hardly solved, has at least been seriously addressed with a global ban on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

Coordinating and leading a large international network of non-governmental organizations, she advocated for a global ban on persistent pollutants such as DDT, PCBs, and dioxin.

If enough of us get behind a global ban on single use plastics, we can begin to heal our oceans, our wildlife, and our children.

In 1989, a global ban on international trade in elephant ivory was instituted, and the African elephant began to rebound from decades of decline.

Interestingly, the legal ivory trade in China — which relied on stockpiled goods collected before the global ban — has inadvertently worked to harbor a booming illegal trade that has fueled poaching.

In her article «Rough Forecasts,» (April 14, 2014) Elizabeth Kolbert used the global ban on CFCs to foreground her argument that it is time to stop «standing around and waiting» when dealing with climate change.

An Avaaz petition for a global ban on neonicotinoid pesticides 1,247,318 signatures and counting.

With a British supermarket banning neonicotinoid use on its own brand produce, and temporary bands in France and Germany leading to a rebounding of bee numbers, the push for a Global ban on neonicotinoids looks set to continue gathering momentum.

Fins can sell for $ 500 per pound, according to WildAid, which is campaigning for a global ban on shark finning.

Conservation and animal welfare groups commended Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and the U.S. Department of Commerce for the announcement that Iceland is undermining the effectiveness of the International Whaling Commission by hunting whales in defiance of the IWC's global ban on commercial whaling.

The goal of ADAO is to raise awareness about the dangers of asbestos exposure, prevent asbestos diseases through education, advocate for a global ban on asbestos and offer support for mesothelioma patients, caregivers and families.

A global ban could succeed in stigmatizing autonomous weapons to the extent that no major military power uses them, as has been the case for the Mine Ban Treaty where major powers have not used antipersonnel landmines in years.

In it Pichet argues that the cryptocurrency will come to an end from a hack into the blockchain or via a global ban from governments.

We're committed to not replacing Britain's Trident nuclear weapons, so Britain can take a prominent lead in the now huge push for a global ban on these hideous weapons of mass destruction.