avoid lasting environmental damage and protect ecosystems

In other words, the question is whether the term environmental damage , as used in Security Council resolution 687 (1991), includes what is referred to as pure environmental damage i.e., damage to environmental resources that have no commercial value.

Richer countries do much of the environmental damage.

According to Jordan, this population increase resulted in environmental damage.

In economic terms, environmental damage in Serbia and Montenegro cost as much as 2 billion annually and required intensified efforts to offset the damage.

By building sustainable cities, policymakers can support social and economic development, while minimizing environmental damage.

Seriously concerned by the fires in the affected territories, which have inflicted widespread environmental damage,

Iraq also disputes Saudi Arabia's quantitative estimates of the nature and extent of environmental damage.

Protesters fighting to save Lake Urmia in Iran from permanent environmental damage have not given up.

A powerful documentary on the economic plunder of copper mining in Zambia and the associated environmental damage.

Rich countries' larger contribution to environmental damage means that they must shoulder greater responsibility for fixing the problem.

German voters balk at any suggestion that we should limit the environmental damage caused by big and expensive cars.

The use of nuclear power for exclusively peaceful purposes would cut down on environmental damage and harmful climate change.

The Panel also found that the damage from oil contamination to the shoreline between the Kuwait border and Abu Ali constituted environmental damage directly resulting from Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

It was also suggested the commentaries should elaborate methods of assessing environmental damage, including impairment of its non use value.

Environmental issues The main environmental issues affecting Colombia are deforestation soil and water quality damage from overuse of pesticides air pollution, especially in Bogota, from vehicle emissions and other main cities.

It also addressed the issue of post conflict reconstruction in cases of environmental damage and stressed the imperative of developing new, binding international legal instruments to ensure environmental integrity during armed conflict.

The Panel has previously found that damage caused to Iran's marine environment by those oil spills would constitute environmental damage that is compensable in accordance with paragraph 16 of Security Council resolution 687 (1991).

Income inequality was rising dramatically, environmental damage was worsening rapidly, and inflation was leading to weak real income growth for poor households.

Recognizing that environmental damage has potentially negative effects on children and their enjoyment of their lives, health and satisfactory standard of living,

The intensification of rice production with inefficient application of pesticides has caused significant damage to agro biodiversity and resulted in environmental pollution.

The Panel finds that there is evidence that there was extensive oil contamination and environmental damage of Saudi Arabia's shoreline in 1991.

Environmental damage has been staggering, the gap between rich and poor has been growing, and urbanization with all its attendant problems has surged.

In the view of the Panel, there is no justification for the contention that general international law precludes compensation for pure environmental damage.

This duty encompasses both a positive obligation to take appropriate measures to respond to a situation that poses a clear threat of environmental damage, as well as the duty to ensure that any measures taken do not aggravate the damage already caused or increase the risk of future damage.

Whether or not any environmental damage or loss for which compensation is claimed was a direct result of Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait will depend on the evidence presented in relation to each particular loss or damage.

Security Council resolution 687 (1991) states that Iraq is liable under international law for any direct loss, damage, including environmental damage and the depletion of natural resources as a result of Iraq's unlawful invasion and occupation of Kuwait .

The companies routinely bribe officials to gain oil leases, lie about output, evade taxes, and dodge responsibility for the environmental damage that they cause.

As concerns the notion of prompt and adequate compensation , some delegations noted that the procedure for assessing compensation for environmental damage needed further elaboration.

(iii) Fact finding missions (International Environmental Technology Centre) post disaster missions with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to assist in the assessment of the environmental damage of natural and human caused disasters (2)

Even taking into account some of the key environmental damage from warming, we would lose money on the investment, with returns of just 685 billion.

We need a new paradigm that enables us to decouple GDP growth from CO2 emissions, thereby ensuring further poverty reduction without causing greater environmental damage.

Even accounting for the key environmental damage from warming, we would lose money, with avoided damages of just 685 billion for our 800 billion investment.

In that context, Iraq argued that damage resulting from the invasion and occupation of Kuwait was not compensable unless it reached the threshold that is generally required in international law for compensation in cases of state responsibility for transboundary environmental damage.

If you want to take it to the next level, remember, the major culprits in terms of environmental damage and health are red and processed meats.

Worse, the mines displacement of residents, underpayment of workers, and environmental damage have generated resentment in local communities, which is likely to grow in the future.

The Panel has previously stated that Iraq's liability for environmental damage under Security Council resolution 687 (1991) and Governing Council decision 7 is comprehensive and extends to all damage and losses related to the environment and any consequences of such damage that can reasonably be attributed directly to Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

Sure, we can find more fossil fuels, but at much higher cost and at much greater environmental risk from industrial spills, waste products, leaks, and other damage.

While aimed at reducing long term environmental damage, cap and trade policies could produce significant harmful economic effects in the near term that would continue into the future.

The development of competence in nature is usually associated with stressful environmental conditions, and seems to be an adaptation for facilitating repair of DNA damage in recipient cells.

In environmental law, the polluter pays principle is enacted to make the party responsible for producing pollution responsible for paying for the damage done to the natural environment.

In the view of the Panel, such a large increase in the numbers of refugees and livestock would have caused significant environmental damage to Jordan's rangeland and wildlife habitats.

The Panel does not consider that there is anything in the language or context of Security Council resolution 687 (1991) or Governing Council decision 7 that mandates or suggests an interpretation that would restrict the term environmental damage to damage to natural resources which have commercial value.

Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.

The Panel notes that the mudflats are characterized by low levels of oil contamination, and the evidence provided is not sufficient to demonstrate that the contamination is causing environmental damage.