Sentences with phrase «welcomed by environmental groups»

The proposed changes were welcomed by environmental groups such as the Birmingham - based anti-air pollution group GASP and the Southern Environmental Law Center.

But as Berlusconi's words indicated, the vote's political significance is clear — which is why it was welcomed by environmental groups.

This accord -; one of the few provisions welcomed by environmental groups -; allows groups and ordinary citizens to accuse member nations of failing to enforce their own environmental laws.

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Welcomes the initiative by the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection to produce an assessment report on microplastics, which is scheduled to be launched in November 2014; 13.

Welcomes the agreement achieved by the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol on its work pursuant to decisions 1 / CMP.1, 1 / CMP.5 and 1 / CMP.6 in the areas of land use, land - use change and forestry (decision - / CMP.7), emissions trading and the project - based mechanisms (decision - / CMP.7), greenhouse gases, sectors and source categories, common metrics to calculate the carbon dioxide equivalence of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks, and other methodological issues (decision - / CMP.7) and the consideration of information on potential environmental, economic and social consequences, including spillover effects, of tools, policies, measures and methodologies available to Annex I Parties (decision - / CMP.7);