Policy Measures to Eliminate Discrimination

The UNEP regional offices promote intergovernmental policy dialogue and regional cooperation, increase national capacity for environmental management and response to emergencies, raise awareness and enhance information exchange, and translate global policies into regional action.

A secondary focus will be on measures to control the vector, such as hygiene and environmental cleanup.

EU environmental policy has thus become a core area of European politics.

To improve environmental public policies, in contrast with the current economic model, in all of the productive sectors.

14.43 The Division of Environmental Policy Implementation is responsible for the implementation of this subprogramme.

In line with the ISO 14001 standard they are developing environmental policies suitable for their organization.

Policy measures that support OFDI

Fourth, China dispenses aid without compliance conditions such as environmental protection measures or community participation exercises.

To achieve targets, increased investments in environmental management need to be accompanied by broad policy reforms.

In other cases, the effort went into integrating the NAP into the current environmental and social policies.

Members of environmental NGOs protesting in front of the Iranian Department of Environment showed their dissatisfaction with the environmental policies of the current government.

The scientific and financial base of UNEP should be strengthened to meet the challenge of integrating environmental sustainability into development policies.

One of the major development goals is to ensure environmental sustainability, particularly by integrating the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes, so as to reverse the loss of environmental resources.

The latest phase in environmental policy in the developed countries focuses on products instead of on the production processes.

The Contracting Parties shall take all appropriate measures to establish and maintain adequate emergency preparedness measures, including measures to ensure that adequate equipment and qualified personnel are readily available, to respond to environmental emergencies.

Increased technical capacity to incorporate an environmental dimension into the design of economic policies and the innovative use of economic instruments in environmental management, including a better understanding of the uneven effects of such policies on men and women.

Environmental protection measures, as laid down in goal 7 of the Millennium Development Goals and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, should be taken seriously.

This trend has been facilitated by deregulation and liberalization measures as well as specific policies to foster development.

It is considered that the success of the reforestation programmes depends to a large extent on a reform of environment policies, which has encouraged the emergence of an enabling environment.

Likewise, regional and subregional health and environment policies in a transboundary context play an important role in preventing health diseases and in safeguarding growth with environmental sustainability.

In the light of general recommendation XXIII (1997) on the rights of indigenous peoples, the Committee urges the State party to take urgent measures to combat environmental racism and degradation.

Noting the work being undertaken by the Committee for Development Policy and other international organizations on a vulnerability index, which incorporates, inter alia, environmental and economic vulnerability factors,

Intended for environmental policy makers, non governmental organizations, the private sector, academics, teachers and the public at large, the atlas uses powerful satellite and geographic information system technology tools to tell the story of environmental change.

The United Republic of Tanzania has initiated actions to ensure the participation of persons with disabilities in the formulation of national disability policies and strategies.

Poverty reduction policies should attack poverty by addressing its root causes and manifestations and incorporate equity and equality measures in those policies.

An effective and sound integration of sustainability in tourism policies must be based on the development of specific actions and the deployment of tools that address

The Committee requests the State party to include, in its next periodic report, detailed information on environmental policies formulated by the State party, in particular, policies to reduce atmospheric pollution, and to evaluate the impact of large infrastructure development projects on the environment.

The programme of work will be implemented through seven subprogrammes, namely (a) environmental assessment and early warning (b) policy development and law (c) policy implementation (d) technology, industry and economics (e) regional cooperation and representation (f) environmental conventions and (g) communications and public information.

Yet politics in the US has increasingly allowed corporate profits to dominate all other aspirations fairness, justice, trust, physical and mental health, and environmental sustainability.

(b) Strengthen the implementation and coordination of existing health policies and programmes, in particular the National Action Plan (1992 2000), the Expanded Programme of Immunization, and the Drinking Water and Environmental Health programmes

We agree to ensure stronger system wide coherence by implementing the following measures at the policy, operational and humanitarian as well as international environmental governance, levels

In this regard, Parties reported that policies relating to the multilateral environmental agreements are being addressed through national legislation on promotion, protection and management of environment.

This requires a framework that takes into account, among other things, developmental possibilities, environmental concerns, labor conditions, and community interests, and that is adaptable to changing circumstances.

In view of the major environmental constraints, sectoral and intersectoral policies and actions must be promoted in order to reduce the environmental impact of the natural resource sectors.

Recent UNCTAD activities include the Expert Meeting on Definitions and Dimensions of Environmental Goods and Services in Trade and Development (July 2003), policy analysis, statistical analysis and capacity building.

14.54 In the biennium 2006 2007, capacities of regional offices will be strengthened to support regional environmental policy dialogue and coordinated policy implementation, and the delivery of UNEP technology transfer and capacity building activities at the regional, subregional and national levels.

A formal response, however, including measures such as triple bottom line reporting and environmental management systems, appears to be prevalent only within a selection of larger scale firms.

Bearing in mind that the participation of local communities in decision making and in shaping local policy is essential to the planning, implementation and evaluation of alternative development measures,

(i) Integrate targeted measures to eliminate violence against women in all national development policies and strategies, in particular in the areas of education, health and work

Subsequently, the planning of all infrastructural rehabilitation, community reconstruction and reintegration projects must integrate measures to mitigate the adverse environmental impact resulting from those activities.

Noting that the natural disasters have proved the relevance of environmentally responsible economic and development policies and the need for the Central American nations to consider environmental aspects among all their development objectives,

We agree to ensure stronger system wide coherence by implementing the following measures at the policy, operational and humanitarian, and international environmental governance levels

The emphasis of the policy review and development work for the biennium 2006 2007 will be the environmental components of the internationally agreed goals, including integrated water resources management, human health, urban pollution and climate change.

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