Sentences with phrase «on international environmental law»

Chairman, Committee on International Environmental Law of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1997 — 2000)

In recent years he has been involved with the United Nations Environment Programme in their development of a judicial bench book and a judicial training module on international environmental law.

«It all goes to the matter of credibility,» said Colares, who teaches courses on international environmental law.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

«As rightly observed in the article Overlapping International and European Laws: «Environmental protection has become a fertile source of laws, international, European and national, since the U.N. sponsored the Stockholm Conference of 1972 and its Declaration on, and Action Programme for the HumanInternational and European Laws: «Environmental protection has become a fertile source of laws, international, European and national, since the U.N. sponsored the Stockholm Conference of 1972 and its Declaration on, and Action Programme for the Human EnvironmLaws: «Environmental protection has become a fertile source of laws, international, European and national, since the U.N. sponsored the Stockholm Conference of 1972 and its Declaration on, and Action Programme for the Human Environmlaws, international, European and national, since the U.N. sponsored the Stockholm Conference of 1972 and its Declaration on, and Action Programme for the Humaninternational, European and national, since the U.N. sponsored the Stockholm Conference of 1972 and its Declaration on, and Action Programme for the Human Environment.

As is normal in international environmental law, it is likely that all countries that have joined the Kyoto Protocol will comply on paper even if formal observance does not actually do much to solve the underlying problem.

[Box 9] OIS - China - Chinese Science and Technology Policy Delegation Visit, 1978 Zhongshan University Delegation Visit, 1979 AAAS Popularization of Science Delegation to China, 1980 CAST Science Writers Delegation to US, 1981 AAAS Environmental Planning Delegation to China, 1981 US - China Conference on Energy Resources and Environment, 1982 Interferon Study (Proposed), 1982 CAST Delegation to US, 1982 CAST Quality Control Delegation to US, 1982 Rumenant Productivity Symposium - US Papers, 1983 Rumenant Productivity Symposium - Chinese Papers, 1983 Photo Album of Address by Song Jian, 1985 AAAS Board of Directors Delegation to China, 1985 Chinese Delegation Visit (IIE), 1986 US Fish and Wildlife Service Delegation to China, 1986 FASAS International Climate Change Symposium (Proposal), 1986 CAST Delegation to US, 1986 Background Political Information, 1987 Law / Science Short Course (Proposal), 1987 Collected Information and Papers on Chinese Water Management, 1987 CAST Water Management Delegation to US, 1987 AAAS Water Management Delegation to China, 1987 AAAS Water Management Delegation to China - Follow - up, 1988 CAST Petrochemical Engineer Delegation to US (Proposal), 1987 Pacific Rim Symposium (Proposal), 1987 Science and Technology Advising Seminar (Proposal), 1988 - 1989 AAAS / ABA Lawyers and Scientists Delegation to China, 1988 China Symposium at 1989 AAAS Annual Meeting, 1988 - 1989 Medical Instrument Maintenance and Repair, 1989 Fang Li Zhi, 1988 - 1989 Amnesty International Reports on Chinese Arrests, 1989 Correspondence re: June 1989 Events in China, 1989 Consortium of Affiliates for International Programs, 1989 China - FASAS Symposium on Environmental Protection in Developing Countries, 1989 FASAS Symposium Chinese Papers, 1989 PRC Joint Commission Visit, 1989 Tibet, 1987 Liz Levey Misc Correspondence, 1982 - 1990 Chinese Code of Ethics, 1986 China Tech Company Information, (undated) AAAS / CAST Exchange Programs, 1978 - 1987 Correspondence with CAST International Director Wang Zheng, 1981 - 1982 Correspondence with CAST, 1981 - 1989 James Hartnett Complaint to CAST, 1988 - 1989 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1987 Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology, 1987 - 1988 Correspondence with Chinese Embassy, 1982 - 1987 NAS China Committee, 1982 - 1986 Financial Aid for Chinese Students, 1987 Misc Articles and General Background Information, 1978 - 1989 Misc., 1982 - 1989 Presentation Transparencies, 1988 Elzinga, Aant.

Leaked TTIP Documents Expose Chemical Industry's Toxic Agenda A report published Monday by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and ClientEarth shows how a leaked proposal from chemical lobbying groups could damage future protective legislation on toxic chemicals.

A report published Monday by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and ClientEarth shows how a leaked proposal from chemical lobbying groups could damage future protective legislation on toxic chemicals.

April 2008 — Report from the International Workshop on Shipping Noise and Marine Mammals held in Hamburg, Germany A diverse group of stakeholders from around the world was convened with expertise in the areas of underwater acoustics, naval architecture, marine engineering, ship building, marine mammal bioacoustics, marine operations, and noise control, as well as in international maritime and environmental laInternational Workshop on Shipping Noise and Marine Mammals held in Hamburg, Germany A diverse group of stakeholders from around the world was convened with expertise in the areas of underwater acoustics, naval architecture, marine engineering, ship building, marine mammal bioacoustics, marine operations, and noise control, as well as in international maritime and environmental lainternational maritime and environmental law and policy.

We discuss the environmental, economic, and political implications of this change with Andrew Revkin, who reports on the environment for The New York Times and wrote «The North Pole Was Here» and with Michael Byers, professor of international law and politics at the University of British Columbia.»

ActionAid, International Adivasi Mulvasi Astitva Raksha manch, India AKSI, Indonesia Alliance Sud, Switzerland All Nepal Peasant's Federation, Nepal All Nepal Womens Association, Nepal ARENA, Asia Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, Thailand Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development, Regional Bangladesh Jatiyo Sramik Jote, Bangladesh Bangladesh Krishok Federation, Bangladesh BankTrack, Netherlands Beyond Copenhagen Collective, India Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha India Both ENDS, Netherlands Brighter Green, United States Bulig Visayas, Philippines Campaign for Climate Justice Nepal CARE International Center for Biological Diversity, United States Center for Environmental Justice, Sri Lanka Center for Participatory Research and Development, Bangladesh Centre for 21st Century Issues (c21st), Nigeria Climate Action Network — France Climate Action Network Europe Climate and Sustainable Development Network, Nigeria Climate Justice Programme, Australia CNCD - 11.11.11, Belgium Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, United States COECOCEIBA — FoE Costa Rica Community Development Library, Bangladesh Co-ordination Office of the Austrian Episcopal Conference for International Development and Mission (KOO), Austria Debt Watch, Indonesia Digo Bikas Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal Earth Day Network, United States EcoEquity, United States EKOenergy, Finland / Europe Environmental Rights Action / Friends of the Earth Nigeria EquityBD, Bangladesh Finance & Trade Watch, Austria Freedom from Debt Coalition, Philippines Friends Committee on National Legislation, United States Friends of the Earth Canada Friends of the Earth England, Wales and N Ireland Friends of the Earth International Friends of the Earth Malaysia Friends of the Earth Norway Friends of the Earth Sierra Leone Friends of the Earth U.S. GAIA — Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, International GEFONT — Trade Union Federation, Nepal Gitib, Philippines GreenLatinos, United States groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa Heinrich Boell Stiftung North America, United States Himalaya Niti Abhiyan, India Human Rights Alliance Nepal IBON International, Philippines Indian Social Action Forum, India Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, United States Institute for Policy Studies, Climate Policy Project, United States Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense, Latin America International Forum on Globalization, United States International Rivers, United States Jagaran Nepal Jatam Indonesia Jubilee Debt Campaign, United Kingdom Justica Ambiental / Friends of the Earth Mozambique KAU — Anti Debt Coalition, Indonesia Kerala Independent Fishworkers Federation, India KRUHA — Peoples Right to Water Coalition, Indonesia Labour, Health and Human Rights DEvelopment Centre, Nigeria LDC Watch, International Les Amis de la Terre, France Les Amis de la Terre - Togo Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, United States Migrant Forum in Asia mines, minerals and People (mmP), India Monitoring Sustainability of Globalisation (MSN), Malaysia Nadi Gati Morcha, India National Federation of Hawkers Bangladesh National Federation of Women Hawkers, India National Hawkers Federation, India Nature Code — Centre of Development & Environment, Belgium NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark Our Rivers Our Life, Philippines Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (Farmers) Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, Africa PAPDA Haiti Philippine Movement for Climate Justice Rainforest Foundation Norway River Basin Friends, India Rural Reconstruction Nepal Sanlakas, Philippines Sawit Watch, Indonesia SEAFISH for Justice, Asia SOL — People for Solidarity, Ecology and Lifestyle, Austria Solidaritas Perempuan, Indonesia South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication Southern Oregon Climate Action Now, United States SUPRO, Bangladesh SustainUS, United States Task Force Detainees of the Philippines Tebtebba, Philippines The Development Institute, Ghana Third World Network, International Trade Union Policy Institute (TUPI), Nepal VOICE, Bangladesh Women's Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO), United States Worldview - The Gambia Zero Waste Europe

He is Editor of the journal Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law (RECIEL), Associate Editor of the Carbon & Climate Law Review (CCLR), and sits on the Editorial Board of International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics.

Sébastien Duyck, Senior Attorney, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), said: «As another COP closes, Parties find themselves with considerable work ahead of them as they only have thirteen months to deliver on the Paris promises by creating a robust, rights - based Paris Rulebook.

Mary Turnipseed, Robert Sagarin, Peter Barnes, Michael C. Blumm, Patrick Parenteau & Peter H. Sand, Reinvigorating the Public Trust Doctrine: Expert Opinion on the Potential of a Public Trust Mandate in U.S. and International Environmental Law, 52 Env» t 6 (2010).

In Ecuador, the Team brought in experts from the Environmental Law Center of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and RISAS, a Quito, Ecuador - based PES network for an open forum and closed - door meeting with Ecuador's Ministry of Environment on how to use payments for ecosystem services and carbon trading to foster forest preservation.

1996 — Ken Cline's International Environmental Law and Policy class attended and participated in the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in New York.

The Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors Program on Climate Change allows the Bren School to attract international leaders in environmental policy, law, business, and science to enrich and expand the intellectual life of the Bren School community and share insights on issues critical to climate change.

Major International Environmental Agreements: A party to Conventions on Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands and Whaling.

A March 2011 report by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), «Fossilized Thinking: The World Bank, Eskom, and the Real Cost of Coal» examined the economics underlying the World Bank's $ 3 billion loan for the Eskom plant, evaluating whether the Bank adequately considered the project's impacts on human health and the environment and the likely economic costs of these impacts.

Their human rights must be respected and upheld, as guarantee under the Peruvian Political Constitution, the precautionary measures granted by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on May 5, 2014, the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and as supported by the latest determination of the International Criminal Court in The Hague to prosecute company executives, politicians and other individuals under international law for crimes linked to land grabbing and environmentalInternational Criminal Court in The Hague to prosecute company executives, politicians and other individuals under international law for crimes linked to land grabbing and environmentalinternational law for crimes linked to land grabbing and environmental destruction.

Major International Environmental Agreements: A party to Conventions on Air Pollution, Air Pollution - Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution - Sulphur 85, Antarctic - Environmental Protocol, Antarctic - Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands and Whaling.

As a law student at the University of Kansas (KU), my studies have focused on international law, and my passion for international environmental law led me to OCT..

The movement to make ecocide a crime against peace under international law, led by UK - based lawyer Polly Higgins, as well as efforts to grant legal rights to Mother Earth, such as Bolivia has done, is exactly where we need to be going in terms of the highest level of environmental thinking: Recognizing that destroying whole swaths of the planet, with little to no concern for the effect on all the creatures that live upon it, is not just unethical, unacceptable behavior, but is also a crime, a crime against humanity, a crime against life itself.

The Zurich Financial Services Distinguished Visitors program will allow the Bren School to attract international leaders in environmental policy, law, business, and science to enrich and expand the intellectual life of the Bren School community and share insight on issues critical to climate change.

«Finally, the link which the provisions of Chapter 13 of the envisaged agreement display with trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore is also specific in nature because a breach of the provisions concerning social protection of workers and environmental protection, set out in that chapter, authorises the other Party — in accordance with the rule of customary international law codified in Article 60 (1) of the Convention on the law of treaties, -LSB-...]-- to terminate or suspend the liberalisation, provided for in the other provisions of the envisaged agreement, of that trade.»

The Court's findings are significant as it may create an economic incentive for compliance with international social and environmental law and a recognition that the EU is trading on the basis of conditionality.

He has particular expertise advising governments, corporations, and non-governmental organizations regarding international legal matters, including with respect to international boundary disputes, the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, investor - state disputes, international environmental law, and international human rights and humanitarian lLaw of the Sea, investor - state disputes, international environmental law, and international human rights and humanitarian llaw, and international human rights and humanitarian lawlaw.

When appropriate, on matters requiring an interdisciplinary approach, attorneys often consult with other attorneys within Scarinci Hollenbeck's comprehensive Corporate Transaction & Business, Commercial Real Estate, Crisis & Risk Management, Insurance & Liability, eDiscovery, Environmental & Land Use and, in some instances, International Law & Trade practice groups.

It has delivered judgements on many legal subjects: i.e. constitutional law, fundamental rights, human rights, environmental law, private and public international law, to name a few, and of course, the famous concept of public interest litigation (PIL).

He has worked regularly as a consultant or as counsel for various governments, international organisations and NGOs on general international law, international environmental law and law of the sea, including maritime boundary -LSB-...]

Lluís specialises in advising on commercial and investor - state arbitration, investment protection and management of political risk, as well as on the public international law aspects of transnational infrastructure projects, boundary and territorial disputes, treaty law and international environmental law.

Matt was also the Fulbright Australian Alumni (WG Walker) Scholar and the Law Foundation of South Australia Fellow and studied at Harvard Law School, focusing on water disputes, comparative constitutional law, environmental law, and international arbitratiLaw Foundation of South Australia Fellow and studied at Harvard Law School, focusing on water disputes, comparative constitutional law, environmental law, and international arbitratiLaw School, focusing on water disputes, comparative constitutional law, environmental law, and international arbitratilaw, environmental law, and international arbitratilaw, and international arbitration.

Law clerks work on projects involving both domestic and international environmental lLaw clerks work on projects involving both domestic and international environmental lawlaw.

Our lawyers are acknowledged authorities on U.S. and international environmental law and are frequently recognized by such publications as Chambers USA, Legal 500, US News — Best Lawyers, Top Rated Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, and SuperLawyers as leading transactional lawyers.

At Pace, Cari completed certificates in both Environmental Law and International Law and was a Vice-Chair on the National Environmental Moot Court Competition Board.

Our reputation in environmental law is founded on an in depth understanding of the varied legal, technical and policy issues facing our clients, cost - effective staffing of environmental matters, utilizing the resources of a diverse international firm and an intimate familiarity with the energy, technology, chemical, manufacturing and life sciences companies we represent.

In 2017, we won «International Law Firm of the Year» at the African Legal Awards, and also retained our title as «Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Team of the Year» for our work on BHP Billiton's first - of - its - kind Forests Bond.

Foley Hoag has been the counsel of choice for sovereign states on issues such as international treaties, international investment law and dispute resolution, delimitation of maritime and land boundaries, sovereign and diplomatic privileges and immunities, international environmental law, the use of force and the law of armed conflict, international trade and sanctions, and human rights.»

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