Simpler, slimmer institutions may be easier to police, but they are more liable to go under when the environment sours.
The African Development Bank has also become an implementing partner for the Adaptation Fund, and has considerably expanded work under the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
He experienced firsthand the impact of humanity on the environment when under the hole in the ozone layer at the South Pole, the harsh ultraviolet rays from the sun burned his skin and permanently changed the color of his eyes.
The campaign was implemented under the patronage of the Ministry of Environment from September to October 2012.
Under the initiative organised by the French environment ministry, exhibitions and other cultural events were staged while the cars stayed at home.
Water abstraction, the process of taking water from a source for industrial or domestic usage, can only be carried out under licence from the Environment Agency.
Taking those effects into account, CBO estimates that under the extended-baseline scenario, real (inflation-adjusted) gross national product (GNP) would be reduced slightly by 2025 and by as much as 2 percent by 2035, compared with what it would be under the stable economic environment that underlies most of the projections in this report.
The fact is the planet will take further bludgeoning, further depleting its capital, but the economy cannot -- so we'll respond not because the environment is under great threat, but because the science and economics shows that something far more important to us is jeopardized -- economic growth.
Farmers could be paid twice for measures to protect the environment under a European Parliament deal.
Ms Dastjerdi was the first woman minister of the Islamic republic, although a woman did serve as vice-president for the environment under Mohammad Khatami.
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Under the auspices of Defra (The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), the companies are represented on the so-called Chewing Gum Action Group.
The station was one of four around the country listed for closure under controversial plans from the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
The civilian police force would be deployed only in a "permissive" environment, under Chapter 6 of the UN charter.
He adds that all the scrutiny that banks are under fire over concerning foreclosure procedures is creating the perfect environment for a massive bail-out of deadbeat homeowners.
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The "biggest ever" pumping operation is under way on the flooded Somerset Moors and Levels, the Environment Agency says.
Moreover, while most of the original claims were filed under product-liability clauses, where liabilities are capped, the later claims are being filed under general work-environment clauses, which impose no limit on awards.
The company also warned that its profit margins may remain under pressure in the short term amid the challenging global economic environment.
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The international alliance was formed under a U.N. mandate to bolster a secure environment and support the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
Most of what we know about "habitability" -- the ability of an environment to host and support life -- has been studied under the very different conditions on Earth.
Others have disguised their protectionist instincts under a cloak of concern about labour and the environment.
The DOE's Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) monitor 16 identified bathing waters under the EC Bathing Water Directive.
Its action is being brought under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Ospar Convention on the Marine Environment.
In the decades that followed, activists sued U.S. corporations under the ATS for an increasing variety of overseas activities, from operating facilities that allegedly polluted the environment, to administering medications without first providing informed consent, to giving financial support to oppressive foreign governments.
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In the decades that followed, activists sued U.S. corporations under the ATS for an increasing variety of overseas activities, from operating facilities that allegedly polluted the environment to administering medications without allegedly first providing informed consent to giving financial support to oppressive foreign governments.
The other category under consideration involved financial products said to promote industries that harm the globe - be it the environment or the world's poor.
It said it was "a better solution for the environment than disposing of vessels in under-developed countries".
Under the new law shareholders could potentially sue directors of these companies for disregarding their duty to protect the environment and the community.
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In fact, just today, the Environment and Public Works Committee, under the leadership of Senator Barbara Boxer, is holding the Senate's first hearings on this bill.
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After a welcome speech from the Ambassador, Robert Lamb of the Swiss Ministry of the Environment gave a brief overview of the current status of the Strategy for Resource Mobilisation under the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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