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A roundtable discussion on public participation mechanisms in environmental decision-making supported by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) took place in Pavlodar…
Publisher: AKI PressKa
The European Commission needs to sufficiently punish breaches in the EU nature directives, author Margrete Auken claims. Although the Natura2000 Network showed some positive impact, since 2010…
Publisher: The Parliament Magazine
This article proposes some key elements of governance in a world with boundaries to its natural resources and to the functioning of its ecosystems. The authors present emerging ecological concepts…
Publisher: The Solutions Journal
On 2 May 2016, Ukraine ratified the UNECE Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers, becoming the thirty-fourth Party to join this Protocol to the Aarhus Convention.
A PRTR can be…
Publisher: UNECE
The Article explores the need for Transparency and public participation in China, issues that formed the backbone of at least four of the 2015 report on establishing China’s Green Financial System…
The Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, John Knox, presented the Aarhus Convention as a “leading example” for a human rights perspective on environmental protection to the Human…
Publisher: UNECE
Dutch citizens have taken legal action against their government for its failure to combat climate change. Irish Campaigners intend to do the same using provisions of the Aarhus Convention and EU Laws…
An estate owner who is challenging plans for a wind farm development in Ayrshire, Scotland has been granted a protective expenses order following an appeal in line with the provisions of the Aarhus…
The Article explores the role of Environmental Courts and the efficaciousness that they achieve, being in spirit with the Aarhus Convention.
A CHANGE of legal process can have benefits for…
The article explores the incident of civil society pressurising the Government of France to incorporate mandatory labeling of food products from animals, as required under the Aarhus Convention.
