...precautionary approach as; "Where there are serious threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason...costeffective measures to prevent environmental degradation." The US should also participate in joint monitoring and assessment programs in the Russian Arctic marine...

...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...

...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 knowledge, certainly shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effecting measures to prevent...

...environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by states according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible...cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Principle 16 National authorities should endeavour to promote the internalization of environmental...

...environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible...cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation." This is something that most scientists can endorse. Although referenced in numerous international legal...

..."precautionary approach," as the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development urged in Principle 15: "Where there are threats of serious or irreversible...postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation."147 Excessive Exploitation of Nonrenewable Resources But today there is widespread agreement...

...Janeiro in June 1992. It states that "where there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not...for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent degradation" (UNCED, 1992). On the basis of this precautionary principle the limits of the carrying...

...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...

...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...

...the Ministerial Declaration of the Second World Climate Conference, footnote 11, supra, at p. 536): "Where there are threats of serious or irreversible...cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation." See Interpreting the Precautionary Principle (eds. T. O'Riordan and J. Cameron), London, 1994. international...