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The present publication contains the third Environmental Performance Review of Georgia. The review takes stock of the progress made by Georgia in the management of its environment since the country was reviewed in 2010 for the second time. It assesses the implementation of the recommendations contained in the second review. The third review covers policy-making, implementation and the financing
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The failure of tailings management facilities is a major problem worldwide that regularly leads to severe disasters. To address this problem, a methodology for tailings safety – comprised of a tailing hazard index, checklists and a measure catalogue – was developed and tested within a project on improving tailings safety in Ukraine, financed by Germany under the framework of the Convention in
Updated Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
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This updated handbook contains the Convention text and the most-up-to-date versions of all eight protocols to the Convention in their most recent amended version.
The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution was the first international legally binding instrument to deal with problems of air pollution on a broad regional basis. It was signed in 1979 and entered into force in 1983. It
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The Safety Guidelines and Good Practices for Oil Terminals were developed within the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) project on hazard and crisis management in the Danube Delta involving the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine under the auspices of the Assistance programme of the Industrial Accidents Convention. The Conference of the Parties to the
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Residential heating with wood and coal is an important source of ambient (outdoor) air pollution; it can also cause substantial indoor air pollution through either direct exposure or infiltration from outside. Evidence links emissions from wood and coal heating to serious health effects such as respiratory and cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Wood and coal burning also emit carcinogenic
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The revised guidelines, as adopted by the Executive Body at its thirty-second session in December 2013 for application in 2015 and subsequent years, serve to assist Parties, through a common approach, in meeting their obligations under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its protocols. They support the evaluation of emission reduction strategies and facilitate the
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The present publication contains the third EPR of Serbia. The review takes stock of the progress made by Serbia in the management of its environment since the country was reviewed in 2007 for the second time. It assesses the implementation of the recommendations contained in the second review. The third review covers policymaking, implementation and the financing of environmental policies
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The present publication contains the third EPR of Montenegro. The review takes stock of the progress made by Montenegro in the management of its environment since the country was reviewed in 2007 for the second time. It assesses the implementation of the recommendations contained in the second review. The third review covers policymaking, implementation and the financing of environmental policies
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In response to the need to improve pipeline safety, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) member countries decided to jointly develop safety guidelines and good practices for pipelines under two UNECE conventions — the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial Accidents Convention) and the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary
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The Framework Code takes account of the latest scientific knowledge and experience in ammonia abatement, as described in the recent update of the guidance document on preventing and abating ammonia emissions from agricultural sources (ECE/EB.AIR/120). Its purpose is to provide the Convention’s Parties with easily understandable information on the good practices that are necessary to reduce
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Since 2008, all assistance activities under the Assistance Programme are based on the Strategic Approach. The Strategic Approach is designed to enhance the efforts of participating countries in the implementation phase of the Programme and to grant sustainability in the countries of the activities organised.
The Approach outlines six working priority areas of high priority – that correspond to
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The Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents deals with prevention, preparedness and response to industrial accidents with possible transboundary consequences. Being informed of these topics is important - not only for policy makers, politicians, and industry representatives - but also for the public. The cartoons illustrate the main points of the Convention and its
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The second EPR of Croatia examines the progress made by Croatia in the management of its environment since the country was first reviewed in 1999. The second review covers policymaking, planning, implementation and the financing of environmental policies and projects, as well as the protection of water resources, biodiversity and protected areas. It also looks into environmental considerations in
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Le Programme des examens des performances environnementales de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Europe (CEE-ONU) évalue les progrès accomplis par les différents pays pour concilier leur développement économique et social avec la protection de l’environnement, tout en respectant les engagements internationaux sur l'environnement et le développement durable.
Le Programme des
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The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Environmental Performance Review Programme assesses progress made by individual countries in reconciling their economic and social development with environmental protection, as well as in meeting international commitments on environment and sustainable development.
The Environmental Performance Review Programme assists countries to improve
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The present publication contains the third EPR of the Republic of Moldova. The review takes stock of the progress made by the Republic of Moldova in the management of its environment since the country was reviewed in 2005 for the second time. It assesses the implementation of the recommendations contained in the second review. The third review covers policymaking, planning, implementation and the
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The present publication contains the third EPR of the Republic of Moldova. The review takes stock of the progress made by the Republic of Moldova in the management of its environment since the country was reviewed in 2005 for the second time. It assesses the implementation of the recommendations contained in the second review. The third review covers policymaking, planning, implementation and the
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Strategies and Policies for Air Pollution AbatementThis publication presents the 2010 review prepared under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution based on the responses to the 2010 questionnaire of policies and strategies for air pollution abatement and their analysis.
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Health Effects of Particulate Matter This publication was prepared by the Joint WHO/Convention Task Force on Health Aspects of Air Pollution. The Task Force on Health work is coordinated by the WHO Regional Office’s European Centre for Environment and Health, Bonn