| Calgary Institute for the Humanities - 1993 - 215 pages
...measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing such measures, taking into account that policies and... | |
| Heidelore Fiedler - 2002 - 468 pages
...Development (Agenda 21) where it was identified. Principle 15 states that "lack of full scientific consensus shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environment degradation" where "there are threats of serious or irreversible damage". To meet the objective,... | |
| Michael A. Kuliasha, Alexander Zucker - 1992 - 918 pages
..."Environmental measures must anticipate, prevent and attack the causes of environmental degradation. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation." They... | |
| Richard N. Gardner - 1992 - 100 pages
...measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing such measures, taking into account that policies and... | |
| Subrata Roy Chowdhury, Erik M. G. Denters, Paul J. I. M. de Waart - 1992 - 450 pages
...Environmental measures must anticipate, prevent and attack the causes of environmental degradation. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation' (Nr.7).... | |
| M. A. Pramanik - 1993 - 96 pages
...that cause severe environmental degradation or are found to be harmful to human health. Principle 15: In order to protect the environment, the precautionary...costeffective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Principle 16: National authorities should endeavor to promote the internalization of environmental... | |
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