 | Shizuka Oshitani - 2013 - 348 pages
...driving force for political, economic and social change. Article 3.3 adopts a 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 such measures'. Article 3.1 is underpinned by the notion... | |
 | N. Niessen - 2006 - 355 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... | |
 | Peter Orebech, Fred Bosselman, Jes Bjarup, David Callies, Martin Chanock, Hanne Petersen - 2005 - 440 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Charlotte Fisher, Judith S. Jones, René von Schomberg - 2006 - 353 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... | |
 | Margaret Arnold - 2006 - 204 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... | |
 | Daud Hassan - 2006 - 266 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 48 Alheritiere, D., Environmental Impact Assessment and Agricultural Development: A Comparative Study;... | |
 | Michael Lockwood, Graeme Worboys, Ashish Kothari - 2006 - 833 pages
...the precautionary principle should be adopted, such that a lack of full scientific certainty is not used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Organizations must be willing to take action in advance of full, formal scientific proof. People proposing... | |
 | Stephen Holland - 2007 - 239 pages
...Principle 15 is: In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there...cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. The Rio Declaration captures a crucial element in the PP, namely that, since scientific uncertainty... | |
 | Micheline Ishay - 2007 - 590 pages
...Principle 15 In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there...cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Principle 16 National authorities should endeavor to promote the internalization of environmental costs... | |
 | Nicolas de Sadeleer - 2007 - 433 pages
...states: 'In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by states according to their capabilities. Where there...cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.' 27 The 1992 OSPAR Convention states: 'the contracting parties shall apply the precautionary principle,... | |
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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... 
