The first meeting of the Steering Committee for the Global Environment Facility medium-sized project "POPs monitoring, reporting and information dissemination using Pollutant Release and…
This publication presents democracy in Europe under threat from growing apathy by the public. it describes European Unionefforts to re-engage peoplein politics through use of Information and…
By ratifying the Aarhus Convention in 2005, the European Union (EU) took upon itself the obligation to ensure that members of thepublic have access to administrative or judicial procedures to…
This paper was delivered at the conference, "The Aarhus Convention: How are its access to justice provisions being implemented?", in Brussels on 2 June 2008, by the President of the…
On 3 June 2009, the inauguration of the new German Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) took place in Berlin. PRTR now offers free of charge online information to all citizens on pollutants…
The PRTR webpage of the German Ministry of Environment includes introductory material, maps, geographic search engine and an innovative PRTR-wiki, also with How-to, FAQs and other documentation. In…
Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) has become a global priority and challenge. A booklet of Frequently Asked Questions on the Marrakech Process describes the multi-stakeholder…
E-Environment includes the use of information and communication technology-based systems for access to and dissemination of environmental data and information as well as the establishment of ICT-…
the public's "right to know" has moved to the forefront of environmental policy making, and OECD is supporting governments' response by helping them develop databases of releases…
The Environmental Justice Strategic Enforcement Assessment Tool (EJSEAT) is a tool for the U.S. EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) to consistently identify areas with…
