Sentences with phrase «multilateral environmental»

Today, Panos Koutrakos was invited to give evidence on the implications of Brexit for the UK's status under multilateral Environmental agreements to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee.

Generally, provisions reaffirm the existing commitments of both Parties under multilateral environmental agreements and cooperate with respect to environmental issues of mutual interest.

Second, the FTA could require both Parties to maintain and implement through effective domestic legislation the multilateral environmental agreements to which they are party, including the Paris agreement.

This is their National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA); «a set of actions complementary to national goals and objectives of other multilateral environmental agreements to which Bangladesh is one of the signatories» (Ministry of Environment and Forest, 36).

It is usually hailed as a «giant step forward» (Thoms 3) because the global community identified a problem, and agreed to reduce the causes (in this case CFCs — reduced by 50 % below 1986 levels by 2000), making it one of only two multilateral environmental agreements — the other being CITES — that have «functioning and active compliance mechanisms» (Victor 14).

Particularly in today's grim international context, the ratification of even this weakened first - generation climate treaty must be counted as a major victory for democratic, multilateral environmental governance.

The Montreal Protocol is hailed as the most successful multilateral environmental treaty having rid the world of 97 percent of ozone - depleting chemicals.

The real question, though, is if his summary interpretation — «This is fast becoming China's century, yet its leadership has displayed that multilateral environmental governance is not only not a priority, but is viewed as a hindrance to the new superpower's freedom of action» — is an accurate one.

The real question, though, is if his summary interpretation «This is fast becoming China's century, yet its leadership has displayed that multilateral environmental governance is not only not a priority, but is viewed as a hindrance to the new superpower's freedom of action» is an accurate one.

management of multilateral environmental agreements may benefit both adaptation and mitigation.

Despite being the most prominent multilateral environmental agreement, the interplay between the many features of the UNFCCC's structure is not well understood.

This is fast becoming China's century, yet its leadership has displayed that multilateral environmental governance is not only not a priority, but is viewed as a hindrance to the new superpower's freedom of action.

• The Montreal Protocol is hailed as the most successful multilateral environmental treaty having rid the world of 97 % of ozone depleting chemicals while providing extra time and technical and financial assistance to developing countries.

The Montreal Protocol is a multilateral environmental agreement that is successfully preventing massive damage to human health and the environment from excessive ultraviolet radiation from the sun by phasing out the production and consumption of substances that deplete the ozone layer.

(a) i) Increase in the number of United Nations agencies and multilateral environmental agreements using data on environmental trends, identified through UN Environment Programme, to influence their policy

This analytical report focuses on assessing the key individual, organizational and systemic capacities needed to meet and sustain global environmental objectives as framed by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), collectively known as the Rio Conventions, and other multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs).

Montreal IGSD names «that other» climate treaty, 1987's Montreal Protocol «one of the world's most successful multilateral environmental agreements, having phased out 97 percent of almost 100 ozone - depleting substances — placing the ozone layer on a path to recovery later this century».

Sets forth U.S. negotiating objectives with respect to multilateral environmental negotiations, including reaching an internationally binding agreement in which all major GHG - emitting countries contribute equitably to the reduction of global GHG emissions.

Lia represents the country at multilateral environmental events, in particular negotiating on climate change under the UN.

Many multilateral environmental agreements provide the constitutional basis for the Australian Government's engagement in the environment.

Not exact matches

Engaging in multilateral forums and other international environmental organisations can help Australia benefit from international actions to manage global resources, the atmosphere, the high seas and Antarctica.

Some negative social and environmental impacts are prevented through legislation requiring environmental impact assessments from proponents of big projects as well as through social and environmental safeguard requirements of multilateral development financing institutions.

These funds will complement existing multilateral efforts, including the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), which plays the key role as the main financial instrument of the UNFCCC and which we are committed to reinforcing.

Requires the President to: (1) report to Congress, by January 1, 2017, and biannually thereafter, on the effectiveness of the distribution of emission allowance rebates in mitigating carbon leakage in eligible industrial sectors: (2) establish, if there is no multilateral agreement on reducing GHGs in force by January 1, 2018, an international reserve allowance program for each eligible industrial sector unless the President determines and the Congress concurs that the program, or inclusion of a sector within that program, would not be in the nation's economic or environmental interests.

This document is divided into five sections, namely: (i) a description of landfills in Latin America and the Caribbean and environmental aspects related to its construction and operation, (ii) a description of the generation of biogas from landfills (iii) a summary of existing technologies for the construction of biogas plants and their economic implications, (iv) a review of the practices of other multilateral development banks and countries regarding financing of landfills and biogas plants, and (v) the proposed approach IDB to finance biogas plants.

«Much of what drove Trump's election was a mood of economic insecurity and dislocation,» said Alex Hanafi, the multilateral climate strategy manager for the Environmental Defense Fund.

«We call on Parties to learn from the Barro Blanco project to improve stakeholder consultation and to develop robust social and environmental safeguards for future market mechanisms, already common among multilateral financial institutions» says Juliane Voigt, Carbon Market Watch Policy officer for sustainable development.

Tundi works with international think tanks, foundations, multilaterals, museums and academic institutions, environmental groups, and consortia with interest in solving local and regional coastal and marine conservation problems.

For 18 years, Doug Norlen has conducted successful advocacy to achieve environmental, developmental and accountability policy reform of multilateral trade and finance institutions, export credit agencies and private banks.

In October, 1987, Schwartzman met with the governor of the Amazonian state of Acre, Brazil, to discuss the work of Environmental Defense Fund with the multilateral development banks and Schwartzman's research on the rubber tappers» sustainable alternative proposal.

«While Trump retreats from U.S. climate leadership, an unprecedented number of U.S. states (15), cities (more than 300) and businesses (more than 150) are at the COP to show America's continuing commitment to moving forward,» said Alex Hanafi, senior manager of multilateral climate strategy with the Environmental Defense Fund.

Given the improvements in multilateral practice, it is increasingly likely that OECD Export Credit Agencies could end up as a place of last resort for carbon intensive industries that are no longer able to secure funding due to their high risk and poor environmental performance.

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