| 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,... | |
| Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea - 1996 - 910 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 be not used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation."... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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
...environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible...costeffective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Principle 16: National authorities should endeavor to promote the internalization of environmental... | |
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