Sentences with phrase «international protocols which»

About the GHG Emissions Data - San Francisco's estimated greenhouse gas emissions are based on international protocols which specify that inventories include those emissions generated within city boundaries.

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It is incumbent upon the parties to the conflict to adhere to customary international law and fundamental protocols, which privilege and essentialize human life.
When Mr Cameron stood up to speak for the second time, he questioned the prime minister's commitment to securing an international agreement on cutting carbon dioxide emissions to follow the Kyoto protocol which expires in 2012.
At the time of the research no clear legal guidelines existed in France, but a new French biodiversity law is now to «implement the 2010 Nagoya Protocol, which complements the international Convention on Biological Diversity and aims to guarantee a greater control of the states rich in biodiversity, and their indigenous populations, over how their biodiversity resources are used and an equitable sharing of the benefits.»
All previous agreements and conventions between the the Belgian State and the International Polar Foundation will be annulled, including the Partnership Convention of 2007, the original act of donation from the International Polar Foundation to the Belgian State (the Partnership Protocol) of 2010, and the Belgian Law of 24 July 2008, all of which had previously set out the terms and conditions of ownership and operation of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica.
The Court of Appeal of Brussels also stated that the eviction of the International Polar Foundation from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica in October was not legally justified, and that it was a violation of the initial accords between the State and the Foundation dating from 2007, and culminating in 2010 with the Protocol of Partnership by which the International Polar Foundation donated the research station to the Belgian State.
«INDO AMERICAN HEALTHCARE» is an India based leading medical tourism company for global wellness which follows the highest degree of ethics, medical excellence and international patient care protocol to help you to safely and successfully receive your medical treatment at a world - class healthcare facility for a fraction of the cost in your country.
Lyn - Genet Recitas is the NY Times and International Bestselling author of «The Plan», a groundbreaking nutritional protocol which has been published in over 15 countries.
And the introduction of new international energy management standards like ISO 50001 and the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP), which rely heavily on verifiable and robust data collection are opening up new avenues for further innovation and developmeinternational energy management standards like ISO 50001 and the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP), which rely heavily on verifiable and robust data collection are opening up new avenues for further innovation and developmeInternational Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP), which rely heavily on verifiable and robust data collection are opening up new avenues for further innovation and development of aM & T.
For instance, the Kyoto Protocol which mandates the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions among states, or the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court which establishes the International Criminal Court, perpetuating International Criminal Law.
There are a lot of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), conventions and protocols, which means a whole set of legally binding international instruments.
Not only is Canada withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol, but the Climate Change office at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) is busy silencing art which is critical of government policy on climate change.
United Nations member states will convene in Warsaw next week to continue negotiating a post-Kyoto Protocol international climate agreement, which has previously stumbled on the topic of monitoring of REDD activities.
On the other hand, the international Kyoto Protocol covers greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide but does not include shorter - lived pollutants such as ozone and particulates which also affect climate.
The first major addition to the UNFCCC was the Kyoto Protocol which was negotiated in 1997 because the international community had been convinced by emerging climate change science that developed nations needed to be bound by numerical emissions reductions targets.
The debate over a legally binding successor to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol is about the international regime within which efforts to reduce emissions will take place.
The use of ozone - depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) has been sharply curtailed under the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which is one of the world's most successful international agreements.
Unlike the Kyoto Protocol, which languished for years, the Paris climate agreement is rocketing towards the threshold for it to enter into international law — leaving Australia in its wake.
The first major addition to the UNFCCC was the Kyoto Protocol which was negotiated in 1997 because the international community had been convinced by then by the emerging climate change science that developed nations needed to be bound by numerical emissions reductions targets.
Initially included as part of the Kyoto Protocol, oversight of international aviation emissions got punted in the 1990s to the International Civil Aviation Organization, which has sat on the issue for two decades and continues to be the chointernational aviation emissions got punted in the 1990s to the International Civil Aviation Organization, which has sat on the issue for two decades and continues to be the choInternational Civil Aviation Organization, which has sat on the issue for two decades and continues to be the chosen overseer.
At its seventh session, the Conference of Parties to the Convention (COP) adopted a decision on the compliance regime for the Kyoto Protocol, which is among the most comprehensive and rigorous in the international arena.
Norway now hopes it can help push to include forest conservation in the successor to the Kyoto Protocol by providing funding and fostering cooperation among international actors like the UN and World Bank, as well as developing countries, to fund the creation of an international architecture which makes it possible to incorporate deforestation and degradation into a post-2012 climate regime.
He said that Trump's election — and the likely U.S. exodus from the Paris Climate Agreement — does not represent a «rerun» of the Kyoto climate protocol, another international treaty intended to curb carbon emissions which, in 2001, former President George W. Bush declined to implement.
Last year's promises are part of the efforts to amend the Montreal Protocol, considered the world's most successful international environmental treaty, which was established to phase out of ozone depleting substances (OSDs).
Nearly all of the 195 national governments that are members of the UNFCCC submitted plans to reduce greenhouse - gas emissions — a level of participation far exceeding that of the Kyoto Protocol, which was the first major international climate - change agreement.
This would be a very tangible outcome of the Montreal Protocol, which has been called the single most successful international agreement to date, and would demonstrate how international treaties are able to make positive changes to the climate system.
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.
Turkey would then have to amend its Constitution and denounce Protocol 6 of the ECHR, in order to reinstate the death penalty, which would be seen by the international community as a step backwards.
These protocols set out the procedural rules and guidance which these Divisions must apply when dealing with international business disputes.
As part of its international commitments under the Kyoto Protocol and its constitutional mandate to combat climate change, the EU adopted Directive 2008 / 101 / EC, by which the scope of the EU ETS, enacted by Directive 2003 / 87 / EC, was extended to include the air transport sector.
It would indeed be a remarkable single page document that would, by necessary implication, incorporate the commitments found in the nearly forty international human rights treaties and declarations to which Canada is a party, much less the full spectrum of international law, norms, protocols, and decisions available.
In its decision in Soysal and Savatli, however, the Court held that the stand - still clause of Article 41 (1) of the Additional Protocol also applied to a visa requirement introduced by Germany back in 1980 which applied to the entry of Turkish nationals for the purposes of providing services, in that case related to the international transport of goods for a Turkish - registered company.
This case is currently being considered by the UN Human Rights Committee, the treaty body that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Optional Protocol which allows for individual complaints
And one of the things that we have done at the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth that I am most proud of frankly is we've partnered with the International Association of Chiefs of Police to publish the first ever juvenile interrogation's protocol and this is something that that organization, which is based in Virginia, has distributed to police executives all around the country.
International trade marks (Madrid Protocol or Agreement) which have effect in an EU member state.
The provisions that apply in international conflicts, Additional Protocol II (which governs a subset of NIACs), and human rights law all require: (a) a presumption of innocence, (b) prompt notification of the offenses, (c) charges based on individual responsibility and offenses prescribed in law, (d) means to present a defense, (e) presence at trial, (f) a right against self - incrimination, and (g) notification of remedies.
A Contracting State may at any time in a declaration deposited with the Depositary of the Protocol list the categories of non-consensual right or interest which shall be registrable under this Convention as regards any category of object as if the right or interest were an international interest and shall be regulated accordingly.
The Protocol may provide that a Contracting State may designate an entity or entities in its territory as the entry point or entry points through which the information required for registration shall or may be transmitted to the International Registry.
At their latest African Union (AU) Assembly meeting, held in July, African Heads of State were asked to adopt a draft amended protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (hereafter «African Court») which would have expanded the jurisdiction of the African Court to include the competence to prosecute individuals for international crimes.
European Union (21 October) With a view of strengthening international humanitarian law, the EU remains firmly committed to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocols, which provides a unique forum to gather diplomatic, legal and military expertise, and to address emerging issues.
European Union, 26 October With a view to strengthening international humanitarian law, the EU and its Member States remain firmly committed to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocols, which provides a unique forum to gather diplomatic, legal and military expertise, and to address emerging issues.
According to Steves, the value of the blockchain technology market is also growing due to international remittances — the sending of payments overseas is currently estimated at half a trillion dollars per year — «fat protocol» layers that increase in value as the applications grow, and throughput scaling efforts, such as the Lightning Network, which «appear on track to deliver scaling that accommodates higher transactions / second, ultimately driving higher utility and network value.»
The device is subjected to LG's demanding regimen of over 20 battery tests which include heat, penetration and shock, conditions more stringent than international testing protocols.
A lengthened version serves as the protocol for the international multi-site trial of group schema therapy (GST), which is underway (Weitzler, Farrell, et al., 2015).
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