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" In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason... "
Climate Change, 1995: Ipcc Second Assessment: A Report of the ... - Page 4
by G. O. Obasi, E. Dowdeswell - 1998 - 64 pages
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Global Climate Change and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: Hearing Before the ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Protection - 1991 - 142 pages
...among parties and cooperation among all nations. 12) take a precautionary approach, reaffirming that lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures that are commensurate with the expected extent and likelihood of any adverse impact...
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Global Warming: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power - 1992 - 196 pages
...prevent, attack] or minimise the causee of, and mitigate the adverse consequences of, climate change. (Where there are threats of serious or irreversible...be used as a reason for postponing such measures. 6. Statee 0*1 1 promote an open and balanced multilateral trading system. Except oa tfcsf.basis of...
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The Right to Development in International Law

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...scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation' (Nr.7). The above mentioned points (comprehensive...
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Technologies for a Greenhouse-Constrained Society

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...scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation." They also confirmed that the challenge of...
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Coral Reef Ecosystems Research and Protection: Joint Hearing ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Environment - 1992 - 210 pages
...environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied to states according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation....
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Coral Reef Ecosystems Research and Protection: Joint Hearing ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Environment - 1992 - 202 pages
...environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied to states according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation....
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Biological Diversity and Genetic Resources: The Programme of the ...

Biological Diversity & Genetic Resources Project, Promila Kapoor-Vijay - 1992 - 166 pages
...Noting also that where there is a threat of significant reduction or loss of biological diversity, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to avoid or minimise such a threat, Noting further that the fundamental requirement...
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Biodiversity and International Law: The Effectiveness of International ...

A. S. Bilderbeek, Simone Bilderbeek, Ankie Wijgerde, Netty van Schaik - 1992 - 236 pages
...the essence of biodiversity. accept that "where there are threats or serious or irreversibel damange, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation". Similarly, if we are serious about the implementation,...
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Global Warming: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power - 1992 - 198 pages
...climate change. [Where there are threata of serioua or irreveraible damage,) lack of full aclentific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing such measures. 6. Statee Acll promote an open and balanced multilateral trading ayatem. exeept on tlmfbaala of a deciaion...
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Impacts of Disasters on Environment and Development: International Cooperation

M. A. Pramanik - 1993 - 96 pages
...environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing costeffective measures to prevent environmental degradation....
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