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France: Loi Macron : plus de libéralisme ? Pourquoi pas. Mais pas au mépris du droit

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 6. Siječanj 2015 - 7:00
Le 26 janvier commenceront les discussions à l'Assemblée sur le projet de loi Macron, qui prévoit par exemple de nouvelles dispositions concernant le travail dominical, la construction ou les transports. Un texte qui pose un certains nombre de problèmes, notamment en matière de droit, selon l'avocate et ex-ministre Corinne Lepage.

Austria: 30 years after Hainburg : still much to be done!

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 5. Siječanj 2015 - 7:00
Renowned representatives of Hainburg movement from 1984 pull on the anniversary of the star march balance sheet: Prevention of Danube power plant and the preservation of the free-flowing section, together with their floodplains were successful. However, a variety of environmental sites is of concern.

List of hazardous chemicals is extended

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 30. Prosinac 2014 - 7:00
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) held its eighth meeting on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Convention occupational accidents ), held from 3 to 5 December 2014 in Geneva, and has revised the list of chemical substances to include 13 other categories of hazardous substances and 32 other chemicals harmful to health and the environment. The revised Annex I of the Convention, which contains the lists of substances and categories was adopted to align the Globally Harmonized United Nations System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.

Citizen engagement with national policy: energy project shares its experiences

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 12. Prosinac 2014 - 7:00
Ensuring successful public engagement in policy can be difficult. Four key challenges – communicating complexity, providing balanced information, creating space for deliberation and accessing broader values – are highlighted by a new study. Its authors show how they dealt with these challenges in a UK programme, designed to gather public views on the future of national energy policy.

Belgique: Greenpeace assigne l'Etat belge en justice pour non-respect de ses obligations

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 9. Prosinac 2014 - 7:00
L’organisation non gouvernementale Greenpeace assigne l’Etat belge en justice, a-t-elle annoncé mardi. Elle estime que l’Etat n’a pas respecté ses obligations découlant des conventions d’Espoo et d’Aarhus.

Occupation of the Hainburg wetlands: 30 years after that too many "environmental construction"

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 8. Prosinac 2014 - 7:00
(Original article in German.) On this day exactly thirty years ago, on December 8, 1984, was the occupation of conservationists place in the Hainburg wetlands. Activists took the anniversary as an opportunity to request a package of measures for "environmental construction" with the "Hainburger Declaration" in 2020.

Scotland: Lord Advocate lends backing to environmental court

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 5. Prosinac 2014 - 7:00
Scotland’s top prosecutor has thrown his weight behind the creation of a specialist environmental court. The Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC said the measure would send a “huge and powerful message” to the public of the seriousness with which this area of criminal law is taken.

Call for civil society responses to the UN Secretary-General's Synthesis Report on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 5. Prosinac 2014 - 7:00
On 4 December, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon informally presented an advance, unedited version of his synthesis report on the post-2015 development agenda to UN Member States. "The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet" outlines a vision for Member States to consider carrying forward in negotiations leading up to the UN Special Summit on Sustainable Development in September 2015 that will adopt the post-2015 development agenda. The advanced unedited version of the report is available here: http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/ Read the Secretary-General's statement about the report here: http://www.un.org/sg/statements/ Watch a video of the Secretary-General's briefing about the report here: http://webtv.un.org/watch/ban-ki-moon-on-synthesis-report-on-the-post-2015-development-agenda-general-assembly-69th-session-informal-plenary/3923593820001 Civil society: Please share your responses to the report The UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) and UN DESA Division for Sustainable Development (DESA-DSD) invite Major Groups and other civil society stakeholders to submit their official responses to the report to a central online repository via this online form: http://bit.ly/Submit-CSO-Response-SG-Synthesis Links to all submissions will be published live as they are received here: http://bit.ly/CSO-Responses-Received-SG-Synthesis UN-NGLS and DESA-DSD provide this mechanism to support review of these important perspectives by all stakeholders in preparation for the continued elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda, beginning with the 19-21 January negotiating session at UN Headquarters in New York. A preparatory forum for stakeholders will be conducted on 16 January by DESA-DSD and UN-NGLS at UN Headquarters. More information about this forum will be provided soon.

UK: Aarhus: domestic troubles

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 4. Prosinac 2014 - 7:00
David Hart QC looks at why domestic Aarhus rules are not wide enough to comply with the Convention. Back to Aarhus and the constant problem we have in the UK making sure that the cost of planning and environmental litigation is not prohibitively expensive.

Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek to host a round table "Development of mechanisms for implementation of the Aarhus Convention"

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 1. Prosinac 2014 - 7:00
(Original article in Russian.) At the initiative of deputy Dastan Bekeshev, with the support of OSCE Centre in Bishkek on December 5 will be held a round table on the topic "Development of mechanisms for the implementation of the Aarhus Convention." This was reported in the press service of the Parliament.

Air pollution in Israel dropped significantly from 2012-2013, ministry’s report says

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 19. Studeni 2014 - 7:00
The country’s air pollution levels underwent a dramatic drop between 2012 and 2013, the Environmental Protection Ministry reported on Tuesday. An examination of emissions data in the 2013 Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) indicated a sharp decrease in pollution levels, with reductions of up to 40 percent of certain contaminants, the ministry said.

Access to environmental information: Our right to know

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 19. Studeni 2014 - 7:00
The first in a series of lectures was held recently at the Harry C. Moore Library at The College of the Bahamas, where there was a lively discussion on the whole concept of freedom of information. To date, ineffective freedom of information legislation, limited access to environmental decisions and even less public participation in the decision-making process, has made the task of getting information regarding governmental decisions quite difficult.

EBRD’s Environmental Policy Under Scrutiny in Kyrgyzstan

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 17. Studeni 2014 - 7:00
A backlash surrounding a gold mine is placing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development under scrutiny.

Pour une authentique démocratie écologique

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 14. Studeni 2014 - 7:00
Plus encore que la question du comportement de la force publique lors des opérations de maintien de l'ordre, le drame de Sivens pose celle de la démocratie écologique et de son sous-développement.

Invitation to comment on a first draft of an Aarhus Convention/CBD checklist

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 10. Rujan 2014 - 7:00
A draft checklist of key measures required for ratifying and implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Article 23) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Aarhus Convention’s Almaty Amendment has been prepared pursuant to the conclusions by the Chair of the joint Aarhus Convention/CBD round table in October 2013. In this regard, we invite all interested governments and stakeholders to submit comments on the first draft checklist. Please note that comments should be submitted no later than 31 September 2014 to aarhus.survey@unece.org and to ulrika.nilsson@cbd.int. For more information, please visit the Portal on Public Awareness at http://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/portal_art23/pa_main.shtml

Kazakhstan: If you get rich, then in eco-tourism!

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 21. Kolovoz 2014 - 7:00
(Original text in Russian) (Full article can be found on the website) Office of Tourism of Almaty violates the requirements of the Aarhus Convention by not providing complete information on public construction ski resort Kok Zhailau in the Ile-Alatau National Park; I'm sure human rights activist Sergei Solyanik. This opinion he tried to defend in court, but to no avail.

Kazakhstan: OSCE seminar to discuss water scarcity problems in Kazakhstan

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 20. Kolovoz 2014 - 7:00
The OSCE is organizing a seminar-training in Kazakhstan on provisions of the Aarhus Convention in the light of transition of Kazakhstan to the "green economy" in the sector of water resources of North Kazakhstan.

Iceland: "It Was My Way, And The Highway"

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 20. Kolovoz 2014 - 7:00
On the Álftanes peninsula, a good ten kilometres from downtown Reykjavík, lies a unique lava field called Gálgahraun. The towns of Hafnarfjörður, Álftanes and Garðabær were all built around the 8,000-year-old lava, which is on the Nature Conservation Register and was immortalised on canvas by celebrated Icelandic artist Jóhannes S. Kjarval. Gálgahraun was widely considered to be one of the few spots of unspoilt nature left in the greater metropolitan area, but it isn’t any more, as a big highway that cuts the field in two is currently under construction.

Environmentalists warn that the new regulations of the Provincial Councils Planning "goes without consensus"

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 15. Kolovoz 2014 - 7:00
(Original article in Spanish.) Ecologists in Action and Naturalist Association of Aragon (ANSAR) have warned that the new regulations of the Provincial Councils Planning has left "no consensus" and criticized that "does not include measures to avoid what happened in the years of speculation and corruption."

Belarus: Orthodox building on Lake Bolduc to be added to the church courtyard and children's camp

UNECE Aarhus Clearinghouse - 12. Kolovoz 2014 - 7:00
(Original article in Russian.) At the unique lake Bolduc in Postav area Orthodox community plans to build not only the church but also the courtyard with a children's camp, which implies a fixed infrastructure. Environmentalists believe that it can lead to the death of the lake, and a sharp deterioration of the entire surrounding ecosystem, which is already suffering greatly from the presence of seasonal campers. In addition, environmentalists say, the hydrological reserve should not be at construction sites.

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