 | Peter Read - 1994 - 324 pages
...negotiations on an FCCC to begin without delay. In relation to the uncertainties the Statement said 'Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures.' - a turn of phrase which is... | |
 | Irving M. Mintzer, J. Amber Leonard - 1994 - 412 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... | |
 | Chia-Jui Cheng - 1995 - 382 pages
...from Principle 15, adopted at the 1992 UN Conference on the Environment and Development. It stipulated that: "In order to protect the environment, the precautionary...serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainly shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental... | |
 | Ross Garnaut, Enzo Grilli, James Riedel - 1995 - 412 pages
...suggested by the OECD indicate the kind of thinking in its committees: • precautionary principle: 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; • priority... | |
 | Christian Tomuschat - 1995 - 360 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 . . . ." The degree to which each of these... | |
 | Najeeb M. Al-Nauimi, Richard Meese - 1995 - 1374 pages
...formulations, since it declares that lack of full scientific certainty about serious or irreversible damage "shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation"3 . Policies and measures which are cost-effective, that is apt to ensure benefits at the... | |
 | Jean-Pierre Lévy, Gunnar G. Schram - 1996 - 856 pages
...apply it and calling for "cost-effectiveness" (ie, taking into account economic and social costs): "In order to protect the environment, the precautionary...irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall be not used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation."... | |
 | Francesco Francioni, Tullio Scovazzi - 1996 - 710 pages
...unselective measure (...) There seems to be no scientific justification for a global moratorium...". "where there are threats of serious or irreversible...postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation".14 To apply the precautionary principle to whaling would mean that a lack of full scientific... | |
 | Donald Rothwell - 1996 - 538 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 environment degradation. 4 (1980)... | |
 | Hoe-sŏng Yi, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group III. - 1996 - 462 pages
...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... | |
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The Parties should take precautionary 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... 
