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WELCOME TO THE AARHUS CLEARINGHOUSE
Welcome to the Aarhus Clearinghouse for Environmental Democracy.
This web portal showcases information on laws and practices relevant to the public's right to:
• access environmental information
• participate in environmental decision-making, and
• achieve justice on environmental matters

The Aarhus Clearinghouse provides information relevant to the implementation of Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development at the global and regional level, as well as national levels all over the world. It also facilitates the collection, dissemination and exchange of information related to the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (in short: Aarhus Convention).

LATEST NEWS & RESOURCES

This five week MOOC allows participants to better understand how to take active part in decision-making procedures concerning the environment in France.
Naples case study suggests that public participation in decision-making can help create community trust, avoid conflict and develop solutions to improve waste-management.
The French National Commission for Public Debate has created the informal network L'esprit d'Aarhus to promote participatory democracy and allow international organizations, countries…