According to the American Planning Association, health impact assessments (HIAs) bring together scientific data, health expertise, and public input to understand how a proposed plan, policy, program, project, or action could affect the publics health. HIAs can provide decision-makers with critical information to identify project alternatives or potential mitigation measures, broader effects on the environment and community, and potential overall health impacts.. In a dual stage effort funded by the Health Impact Project, a collaboration between the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Network collaborated with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO) to explore and analyze opportunities to imbed health considerations and HIAs into environmental reviews required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related state environmental policy acts (SEPAs).. These laws require various levels of advance, comprehensive environmental ...

What are the global trends for cost-benefit analysis, and how is this policy tool affecting environmental regulations? During todays OnPoint, Michael Livermore, executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity and co-editor of the new book The Globalization of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy, discusses the growing global use of cost-benefit analysis and its impact on environmental policy. He explains why he believes cost-benefit analysis is effective and highlights a recent case, relating to EPAs mercury rule, where cost-benefit analysis was called into question.. ...

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Rüdiger Wurzel, Anthony Zito and Andrew Jordan, Has Governance Eclipsed Governance? Patterns of Environmental Instrument Selection and Use in Four States and the EU (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2013).. Andrew Jordan, Rüdiger Wurzel and Anthony Zito, Still the Century of New Environmental Policy Instruments? Exploring Patterns of Innovation and Continuity, Environmental Politics, 22, 1 (2013), 155-173.. Andrew Jordan , Rüdiger Wurzel and Anthony Zito, New Modes of Environmental Governance: Are New Environmental Policy Instruments (NEPIs) Supplanting or Supplementing the Traditional Tools of Government? in Klaus Jacob, Frank Biermann, Per-Olof Busch and Peter Feindt (eds.) Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Special Issue 39 (2007), 283-298.. Andrew Jordan, Rüdiger Wurzel and Anthony Zito, The Rise of New Policy Instruments in Comparative Perspective: Has Governance Eclipsed Government? Political Studies. 53, 3 (2005), pp. 477-496. [reprinted in J. Roberts (ed.) Environmental Policy ...

Studies the social scientific interpretations of human-environment interactions at multiple levels, as well as on applied policy and management implications. This concentration requires advanced coursework in behavior change science, natural resource economics, environmental and conservation psychology, communications, social impact assessment, environmental policy, and environmental law. Students who have completed degrees in this concentration have gone on to careers in natural resource management, environmental policy, law, advocacy, and education. See current requirements While these concentrations are unique there are certain required courses for all NRES majors, including field work courses. For more information, contact NRES Student Services at [email protected] or call 217-244-3219 You can also download a list of degree requirements. Based on your catalog term (usually the semester in which you first enrolled in the University, but check in Self-Service if you are unsure), select the ...

New bylaws are required to replace Nelsons Trade Waste Bylaw, which will expire in 2014 and the Water Supply Bylaw, which will expire in 2015.. The Councils proposed replacement bylaws are amended versions of the existing bylaws.. With regards to Trade Waste, Councils preferred option is to replace the Trade Waste Bylaw 2007 with a new Wastewater Bylaw that controls Wastewater (including Trade Waste) from all premises and activities in the city.. Minor changes are proposed to the 2008 Water Supply Bylaw to remove uncertainties in interpretation.. Council also proposes to remove the details of fees and charges related to both Water Supply and Wastewater from the two bylaws, and to instead include these in future Long Term Plans and Annual Plans. This will avoid the need to go through a change of the bylaws due to changes in the charging regime.. More detail about these two proposed bylaws are available below.. For further information please contact Phil Ruffell, Senior Asset Engineer - ...

Harmful pollutants such as nitrogen oxides can cause severe lung damage, decrease visibility, and lead to global climate change, among other effects. As many countries try to implement and enforce emission regulations, they require ways to monitor progress and evaluate the best course of action moving forward. The technical solution designed by the capstone team is a small satellite equipped with a high-resolution spectrograph designed to pinpoint the exact locations of increased nitrogen oxide emissions in select cities around the world. The focus of the STS research examines the ways in which governments, industries, and citizens can and should impact emissions in the areas they affect. Specifically, the STS research focuses on improving emission regulation efficacy through personal and public accountability garnered through education and widely available data. This data will come from both currently available satellites and the CubeSat developed by the technical project team to provide deeper ...

Dr. Maurice Bitran joined the Ontario Science Centre as Chief Executive Officer on June 16, 2014. His academic background in physics and astronomy, including a Ph.D. in radioastronomy, and the fact that he had taught science at the grade-school, high-school and university levels best fits his role in the Ontario Science Centre. During his tenure as the 2012 -13 Ontario Visiting Fellow at the University of Toronto, he taught a graduate course on the role of science in public policy.He had been the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) of the Integrated Environmental Policy Division, Ministry of the Environment, where his responsibilities for the environmental policy agenda also included climate change, the great lakes, and air and water quality. As an ADM of Policy and Programs at the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, ADM of the Secretariat to the Premiers Jobs and Prosperity Council, Maurice also had been Ontarios chief negotiator for the trade negotiations with the European Union. ...

Yes, they could use their videocassette recorders (VCRs) to record movies from broadcast television - or even from the rented videotape in one VCR through to a blank tape in a second VCR - in lieu of buying copies. They could record songs from the radio and even make whole copies of cassette albums using dual-cassette decks. They could make infringing photocopies of printed works, although, except for limited types of works such as sheet music, the cost of buying a licensed copy was often cheaper and remains so to this day. In many policy arenas, there are local, state, and federal policies in play; this is true, for instance, for most debates about environmental policy. Likewise, in many policy debates, administrative agencies are central players in determining policy outcomes; again, environmental policy issues are often great examples, as these debates are often, to a very large extent, over agency policy. None of this is true of copyright. Since the 1976 Copyright Act, changes in copyright ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Belgian regional parliaments and the European Union. T2 - an analysis of parliamentary scrutiny in agricultural and environmental policies. AU - Randour, François. AU - Wolfs, Wouter. PY - 2017/4/3. Y1 - 2017/4/3. N2 - Drawing on qualitative case studies of two specific European decision-making processes in the agricultural and environmental sectors, this paper discusses how and why Belgian regional parliaments activated (or not) their control mechanisms to scrutinise their respective regional ministers. The findings show that parliamentary scrutiny of the agricultural and environmental policy fields has undergone a process of institutional and behavioural Europeanisation. Belgian regional parliaments rely mostly on classical parliamentary tools aimed at gathering information and, to a lesser extent, on constraining instruments aimed at influencing their government. Rather than trying to influence the EU negotiations, the MPs try to assess the potential impact of the reforms on ...

Our mission is accomplished through a number of different avenues, including, but not limited to the following: Providing funds and encouragement for graduate dissertation prospectuses, as well as research seed grants, that deal with the above policy issues. Supporting graduate student travel to conferences where the student is presenting original research on environmental issues. Contacting and hosting distinguished lecturers at OSU on environmental policy. Financing and coordinating working groups that pursue research in the above policy areas. Hosting interdisciplinary conferences on environmental policy issues that include not only academia, but also government, non-governmental organizations and non-profits, as well as the private sector.. ...

24-7 Diamond Drilling & Sawing Services Limited take its environmental responsibilities very seriously, we will promote good sustainability practices in all our activities therefore reducing our effect on the environment whenever and wherever possible and to actively encourage our customers to do the same.. 24-7 Diamond Drilling ensure that all its staff are fully aware and compliant of 24-7 Diamond Drillings environmental policies, that all Operatives are trained in its high quality service, to actively on all occasions to adhere to them, to have no or a minimum impact on environmental aspects and whenever possible to go above and beyond the policy.. 24-7 Diamond Drilling Operatives are guided and taught to always respect their customers environmental policies that are actively in place on all works taken on. That all inductions on sites are adhered to and carried out with professionalism and good practice.. 24-7 Diamond Drilling achieved its targets by having a structured, concise ...

Founded in 1965, the Middlebury College Environmental Studies Program is the oldest undergraduate ES program in the United States.. Our program brings together a community of scholars and students engaged in the study of the human relationship to the environment from many different directions, across 24 departments on our campus. Our ten core faculty members and forty affiliated faculty colleagues together offer an interdisciplinary major and minor. Both foster in students a shared base of knowledge across the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.. Three introductory core courses, Natural Science and the Environment, Conservation and Environmental Policy, and Natures Meanings: The American Experience, prepare students to focus their studies in one of fourteen disciplines: Conservation Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Geology, Conservation Psychology, Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy, Geography, Human Ecology, Architecture and the Environment, Creative ...

Plinovodi Ltd., is Independent Transmission Operator (ITO) - company managing the natural gas transmission network on national level in the Republic of Slovenia, in EU. Our customers are large industrial users and local distributors, as well as cross-border shippers of natural gas. Natural gas is transported over pipeline network with the total length of 1.155 km. Through our mission †we connect people and energy †with passion, we provide energy transmission and opportunities for energy supply and we are committed to reliability, safety and expertise, and strive for technological and social advancement. We create space for synergy between people, industry and environment. In day-to-day operations we live our values †knowledge and professionalism, dedication, creativity, responsibility, respect, trust, integrity and self-initiative. Our people are the most important capital and our leadership is based on responsibility, inspiration and personal example. Companys main ...

SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of SNF SPCM, the worlds largest manufacturer of organic coagulants and flocculants.. We have an unrivalled understanding of customers requirements and through our extensive product research and development facilities, SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd has a continuous commitment to delivering the highest level of customer service and quality product support within the world of solid liquid separation technology.. SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd has a strong environmental policy and is committed to protecting the environment. We endeavour to carry out our activities with a minimum impact on pollution and resources.. With our environmental policy, extensive experience, innovative technology and ability to provide practical support to customers, we will continue to provide quality products and service.. ...

Staff publications is the digital repository of Wageningen University & Research. Staff publications contains references to publications authored by Wageningen University staff from 1976 onward.. Publications authored by the staff of the Research Institutes are available from 1995 onwards.. Full text documents are added when available. The database is updated daily and currently holds about 240,000 items, of which 72,000 in open access.. We have a manual that explains all the features ...

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A new study shows clean-air regulations have dramatically reduced acid rain in the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea over the past 30 years, but the opposite is true in fast-growing East Asian megacities, possibly due to lax antipollution rules or lack of enforcement.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Dutch: Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat; EZK) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Commercial policy, International trade, Industrial policy, Investment policy, Technology policy, Energy policy, Nuclear energy policy, Renewable energy policy, Environmental policy, Climate change policy, Natural resources, Mining, Space policy and Tourism Affairs. The Ministry was created in 1905 as the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce and had several name changes before it became the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 1946. In 2010 the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality was merged with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and was renamed as the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. In 2012 the name was reverted as the Ministry of Economic Affairs but keept the responsibilities of the former Ministry of Agriculture. In 2017 the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality was reinstated but the Ministry ...

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The following excerpt is from the Center for Association Leadership (ASAE) website describing the work of a Bylaws Committee:. The Bylaws Committee is charged with reviewing the organization s bylaws and current practices to ensure that they are synchronized. Over time it is not uncommon for an organization s practices to evolve so that they no longer follow the bylaws. The Bylaws Committee assesses why this has happened and recommends changes to either the organization s practices or the bylaws. A Bylaws Committee can also be used to review current best practices and governance trends and make recommendations on those the organization should consider adopting. [http://bit.ly/eBowch]. The work of the Bylaws Committee includes:. Review of Affiliate Bylaws revisions (as needed). Routine review of Standard Rules and Operating Procedures (SROPs) for ACNM Divisions, Sections, Committees, and Caucuses. Remaining Affiliate Implementation:. o Non-US location Affiliates. o Formal designation of Chapters ...

Risk refers to the uncertainty that surrounds future events and outcomes. Particularly with the current climate of change, it is essential that the Council has a strong Risk Management Policy and a risk aware culture throughout the organisation to ensure that its Key Aims are achieved. Responsibility for Risk Management rests with all Members and Officers of the Council. Members have ultimate responsibility for Risk Management as risks threaten the achievement of policy objectives.. Whilst there is a wide range of risk definitions, the one that has been adopted for the Councils purpose is that Risk is an expression of the likelihood and impact of an event with the potential to influence the achievement of an organisations objectives. The range of risks faced is very wide and covers everything from office Health and Safety, to financial, operational, and political through to reputation. Not all risks carry the same value. Risks can be classified as to their impact or the probability of their ...

Actively managing risk is a relatively new concept for many crop and livestock producers and policymakers. To address the need for information and analysis on agricultural risk management policy, CARD Director Bruce Babcock has initiated a core area of research at CARD.. CARDs ARMP division assesses policies affecting valuation and risk management, government price support and disaster relief programs, and agricultural insurance and alternatives.. ...

Covered Housing Developments that received financing or assistance through a program administered by the City of Los Angeles or the CRA/LA, including bond financing, must adopt the Citys Model Property Management Policies and Procedures and related forms to ensure that individuals with disabilities have an equal opportunity to rent, live in, and enjoy the housing and facilities. These policies cover affirmative marketing, wait lists, filling accessible and conventional units, reasonable accommodations, auxiliary aids, service and assistance animals, effective communication, grievance procedures, and others ...

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At the Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September, 2015, UN Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals. The SDGs are a new, universal set of goals, targets and indicators that UN Member States are expected to use to frame their agendas and political policies over the next 15 years.

January 22, 2021/ Uncategorized. Where appropriate they align with existing measures used across other indicator sets such as ONS‟s National Well-being measures or the Department of Health‟s Public Health Outcomes Framework. The 17 Goals were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Discontinuation notice The Sustainable Development Indicators are no longer updated. In 2015, the world embarked on a new development agenda underpinned by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Targets and Indicators Target. The Groups reporting system content and form are subject to continuous improvement, over and beyond the requirements of French law. The full title of SDG 4 is Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for … Indicators are partial reflections of reality, based on uncertain and imperfect models. To measure progress toward achieving the 17 global goals, a set of 231 internationally ...

A. Banerjee. 2016. Three essays on bioenergy development in Mexico and the United States: Policy Choices, Policy Comparison and Public Perception of Policy Impacts. [MTU Library] V. Sherick Gagnon. 2016. Environmental justice for seven generations: An institutional ethnography of fish, risk, and health in the Lake Superior toxic riskscape. [Proquest] S.M. Mizanur Rahman. 2016. Shipbreaking in Bangladesh: Perspectives from industrial ecology, political ecology and environmental policy. [Proquest] A. Vaidya. 2016. The utility of the participatory approach for sustainable development assessments. [Proquest] ...

Sustainable Development Goal 14 aims to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.[76] Effective strategies to mitigate adverse effects of increased ocean acidification are needed to advance the sustainable use of oceans. As areas of protected marine biodiversity expand, there has been an increase in ocean science funding, essential for preserving marine resources.[77] The deterioration of coastal waters has become a global occurrence, due to pollution and coastal eutrophication (overflow of nutrients in water), where similar contributing factors to climate change can affect oceans and negatively impact marine biodiversity. Without concerted efforts, coastal eutrophication is expected to increase in 20 per cent of large marine ecosystems by 2050.[78] The Preparatory Meeting to the UN Ocean Conference convened in New York, US, in February 2017, to discuss the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14. International law, as reflected ...

1 INTRODUCTION. Sustainable development has gained a level of acceptance in international economic law, which is evidenced by its inclusion in the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other agreements.1 Sustainable development seeks to reform international economic law through the provision of guidelines for the processes and priorities of development.2 Its purpose is to ensure that States are more resilient and better able to maintain the development achieved.3 Whilst it is generally regarded as the most suitable concept to facilitate development, its inclusion in international economic law agreements has been controversial.4 This is due to the fact that sustainable development treaty provisions have the potential to limit the policy space of countries.5 This restriction of policy space has been lauded as beneficial for developing countries since it will ensure that that the most optimal type of development is pursued.6 However, there is no agreement on the ...

We are very excited to be co-hosting the second Australian Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) summit in Melbourne on 13 March 2018.. The summit is a high-level multi-stakeholder forum to advance national implementation in Australia and around the world, in line with our commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals.. The Sustainable Development Goals represent a crucial opportunity for the world to end poverty, protect the planet, and work in partnership to achieve peace and prosperity.. Following on from a successful inaugural SDGs Summit in 2016, the Australian SDGs Summit 2018 will explore ways to unlock the opportunities of the SDGs by taking stock of national progress on implementation across all sectors, and mapping priorities, areas for cooperation and steps for driving achievement forward.. The summit will also contribute to the development of Australias first Voluntary National Review on the SDGs, due to be delivered to the UNs High Level Political Forum in July 2018.. The summit ...

this page is currently under construction as a running list of pertinent and well-maintained internet resources related to the field of sustainable development John Mutters definition of Sustainable Development: Sustainable Development means continued prosperity shared globally and achieved without dire consequences for the very environment that is necessary for our continued wellbeing. (from Mutters Spring…

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Course Description. Resource Management introduces you to the basic principles, practices and tools used for natural resource management. You will explore the conflicting demands that are placed on our natural resources and environment and learn how these may be effectively managed from a data collection and monitoring perspective through to an end-decision, policy approach. You will also examine the increasingly important role that geospatial technologies and solutions play in addressing locally, nationally and globally significant environmental management problems. This is supplemented by providing you with exposure to data, tools and analytical techniques commonly used for resource management. Case studies taken primarily from the Australian context will help you to explore the key issues underpinning sustainable development and the management of public natural resources. Subject matter considers the government and non-government institutions involved in developing environmental policy, ...

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) today released its 2014 Residential Electricity Price Trends report on factors driving electricity prices in each state and territory, which shows prices are mostly flat or falling.. The report analyses trends in the competitive market sectors of the electricity industry, the regulated networks sector, and resulting from government environmental policies. The factors driving each of the three are different, so understanding price trends involves looking into each individually.. The cost of supplying electricity has already fallen in 2014/15 following removal of the carbon price and is expected to remain stable over the following two years, although trends vary across the states and territories due to local factors.. AEMC Chairman John Pierce said the cost of poles and wires, which had previously led to significant price growth, was now expected to moderate under new rules introduced by the Commission.. The cost of the regulated network sector is ...

Indigenous communities, communities of color, and low-income communities across the United States are fighting for environmental justice (EJ). These communities have been disproportionately burdened by polluting industrial facilities and land and natural resource exploitation, which cause serious health impacts and safety hazards. EJ communities are pushing back, demanding transparency and accountability from policymakers and corporations.. Science could play a powerful role in the EJ movement. But too often, science has been used by powerful interests to minimize and dismiss community EJ concerns. The resulting legacy of mistrust creates serious challenges to productive scientist/community collaboration on EJ issues.. If our nation is to live up to its professed ideals of justice, we must overcome these challenges. Science should be a means, not an obstacle, to achieving environmental justice and informing policy decisions that benefit all. The Environmental Justice and Science Initiative ...

A. Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, the board of directors of a corporation may adopt bylaws to be effective only in an emergency defined in subsection D. The emergency bylaws, which are subject to amendment or repeal by the members, may make all provisions necessary for managing the corporation during the emergency, including:. 1. Procedures for calling a meeting of the board of directors;. 2. Quorum requirements for the meeting; and. 3. Designation of additional or substitute directors.. B. All provisions of the regular bylaws consistent with the emergency bylaws remain effective during the emergency. The emergency bylaws are not effective after the emergency ends.. C. Corporate action taken in good faith in accordance with the emergency bylaws:. 1. Binds the corporation; and. 2. May not be used to impose liability on a corporate director, officer, employee or agent.. D. An emergency exists for purposes of this section if a quorum of the corporations board of directors ...

We are the Environmental Justice Society (EJS). The Environmental Justice Society is a body concerned with protecting the environment and the people living in it from human actions that cause pollution. We offer various services, from receiving complaints from the people, finding their voice, sensitising the public, and legal actions against activities that can negatively impact the environment.. The Environmental Justice Society is an organisation concerned with safeguarding the environment and the people that live in it from the negative effects of company activities within Australia. The EJS is committed to safeguarding people from the hazardous toxins released into the environment due to companies activities and their effect on the health of the people in the long run.. We have an Advisory Committee which Australians can approach to make complaints. The committee helps the complainers find their voice, make their concerns known, and pursue justice if their lives or livelihood in the ...

Abstract: This study explores the international impact of Chinese language learning on the management policy of a community Chinese language school in the United States. Chinese language schools in the U.S. used to teach Mandarin to Mandarin-speaking students who are highly homogeneous in their linguistic and cultural backgrounds. However, as the impact of Chinas recent economic development has become more international, so has the influence of Chinese language learning? This international impact of Chinese language learning is reflected in the increasingly heterogeneous student population in many Chinese language schools in the United States. These schools have to adapt their management policy to accommodate these new students, who may have a multicultural, multilingual background and do not speak Mandarin at home. This study examines one such school.This study is a case study of a Chinese language schools adaptations in its management policy when it faces the international impact of Chinese ...

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We acknowledge that, throughout the world, children face significant threats to health from an array of environmental hazards. The protection of human health remains a fundamental objective of environmental policies to achieve sustainable development. We increasingly understand that the health and well-being of our families depends upon a clean and healthy environment. Nowhere is this more true than in the case of children, who are particularly vulnerable to pollution. Evidence is growing that pollution at levels or concentrations below existing alert thresholds can cause or contribute to human health problems and our countries present levels of protection may not, in some cases, provide children with adequate protection.. Among the most important environmental health threats to children worldwide are microbiological and chemical contaminants in drinking water, air pollution that exacerbates illness and death from respiratory problems, polluted waters, toxic substances, pesticides, and ...

In spite of the increasing international popularity of the notion of ecosystem services, it is not very widely applied in Dutch environmental policies. There is therefore a great need to highlight experiences and expertise in the field in order to generate interest and support among policy makers in the Netherlands.. With its Exploring Ecosystem Services project, the IVM is seeking to develop an analytical framework with which ecosystem service applications can be demonstrated in the context of Dutch policies. The end products of this flagship project include a national workshop, a case study in Surinam, scientific publications and course material for Bachelors and Masters programmes at VU Amsterdam ...

TY - CONF. T1 - Decolonising Environmental Justice. AU - Alvarez Villarreal, Lina. AU - Coolsaet, Brendan. PY - 2016/8. Y1 - 2016/8. N2 - The concept of environmental justice emerges in the late 1970s and 1980s in the United States, with the struggles of afro-american communities against unequal spatial distributions of toxic pollution. Following David Scholsbergs (2007) theoretical backbone to the concept-which draws on Rawlsian justice, critical theory and the capabilities approach, scholars have increasingly used it to analyze environmental injustices in the Global South. Yet, despite the historic relation with racial issues, and despite the more recent geographic focus on the Global South, theres been surprisingly little engagement with decolonial thought. This paper attends to this gap by applying a decolonial reduction (Maldonado-Torres, 2001) to the now widely used three-dimensional environmental justice framework (distribution, recognition and representation). By drawing on the work ...

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2016 • 2 years • Conservation & Sustainable Development. International Rivers is a recipient of a MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions that champions the protection of rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them by stopping destructive dams and promoting water and energy solutions for a just and sustainable world. This grant will deepen its engagement on environmental policy development with Chinese hydropower developers. The organization will continue efforts to score and rank systematically major players in the Chinese overseas hydropower industry on their environmental and social policies and project performance; sustain active engagement with hydropower companies including Sinohydro, Gezhouba and Hydrolancang to improve policy standards and increase accountability in the implementation of those standards; and share lessons learned with other NGOs working on a variety of China-focused climate, environment and human rights issues around the ...

He writes and speaks frequently on the environment, energy and economic development, malaria eradication, climate change, human rights, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. His articles have appeared in newspapers (Wall Street Journal, Washington Times , Investors Business Daily, New York Post , Houston Chronicle, and others) and magazines (Risk Management, American Coal, Hispanic Times and others) and on news and opinion websites in the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Peru, Venezuela, South Africa, Uganda, Bangladesh and other countries. Driessens book, Eco-Imperialism: Green Power - Black Death, documents the harm that restrictive environmental policies often have on poor people , especially in developing countries, by restricting their access to life-enhancing modern technologies . It is in its second US printing and has also been published in Argentina (Spanish), India (English), Germany (German) and Italy (Italian). He was editor for Energy Keepers - Energy ...

OECDs comprehensive review of Finlands environmental programs and policies covers air and water management, nature and biodiversity, sustainable development, the environment-economy interface, the environment-social interface, and international commitments. The review includes relevant statistical information as well as a series of recommendations for strengthening environmental infrastructure, implementing environmental policy and integrating environmental concerns into economic decisions.