Search results for: “climate”
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Litigation towards Regulating Climate Change
Civil Litigation for Regulating Climate Change There are interlinked policy, science, legal and political questions of utilizing the American litigation system, and particularly its tort theories of liability, to regulate climate change. Attempts to employ the courts as a tool for regulation are exemplified by cases such as Comer v. Murphy Oil, Connecticut v. American…
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Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change 6
Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change Article 20 1. Annexes to this Protocol shall form an integral part thereof and, unless otherwise expressly provided, a reference to this Protocol constitutes at the same time a reference to any annexes thereto. Any annexes adopted after the entry into force of this Protocol shall…
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Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change 5
Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change Article 14 1. The secretariat established by Article 8 of the Convention shall serve as the secretariat of this Protocol. 2. Article 8, paragraph 2, of the Convention on the functions of the secretariat, and Article 8, paragraph 3, of the Convention on arrangements made for…
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Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change 4
Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change Article 12 1. A clean development mechanism is hereby defined. 2. The purpose of the clean development mechanism shall be to assist Parties not included in Annex I in achieving sustainable development and in contributing to the ultimate objective of the Convention, and to assist Parties…
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Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change 3
Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change Article 10 All Parties, taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities and their specific national and regional development priorities, objectives and circumstances, without introducing any new commitments for Parties not included in Annex I, but reaffirming existing commitments in Article 4, paragraph 1, of the…
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Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change 2
Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change Article 5 1. Each Party included in Annex I shall have in place, no later than one year prior to the start of the first commitment period, a national system for the estimation of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases…
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Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change
Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change Article 1 For the purposes of this Protocol, the definitions contained in Article 1 of the Convention shall apply. In addition: 1. “Conference of the Parties”means the Conference of the Parties to the Convention. 2. “Convention”means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted in…
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International Environment, Biodiversity and Climate resources
International Environment, Biodiversity and Climate resources Antarctic Treaty System – Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), Cambridge, United Kingdom. Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) Major Global Environmental Instruments Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal , UNEP, Geneva, Switzerland. Convention on Biological Diversity , Montreal, Canada. The…
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Clean Development Mechanism
Hierarchical Display of Clean development mechanism Environment > Environmental policy > Climate change policyEconomics > Economic conditions > Economic development > Developing countriesInternational Relations > International affairs > International instrument > International […]
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Clean Development Mechanism
Hierarchical Display of Clean development mechanism Environment > Environmental policy > Climate change policyEconomics > Economic conditions > Economic development > Developing countriesInternational Relations > International affairs > International instrument > International […]
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Natural Resources
Minerals Environment and Natural Resources Includes Acid Rain, Air Quality, Coal, Conservation, Energy, Fisheries, Forests, Hazardous Waste, Land Use, Resources, Oceanography, Oil Spills, Parks, Pesticides, Petroleum, Pollution, Recreation, Rivers, Solar Energy, Toxic Substances, Trails, […]
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Marine Pollution
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on marine pollution explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources See Also Transport Transportation Means Transport Law Transport Contract Resources Further Reading The entry "marine […]
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Marine Pollution
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on marine pollution explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources See Also Transport Transportation Means Transport Law Transport Contract Resources Further Reading The entry "marine […]
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Subtropical Zone
Hierarchical Display of Subtropical zone Environment > Natural environment > Climate > Climatic zone Subtropical zone Concept of Subtropical zone See the dictionary definition of Subtropical zone. Characteristics of Subtropical zone [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation of […]
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Subtropical Zone
Hierarchical Display of Subtropical zone Environment > Natural environment > Climate > Climatic zone Subtropical zone Concept of Subtropical zone See the dictionary definition of Subtropical zone. Characteristics of Subtropical zone [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation of […]