Sökning: "transboundary pollution"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden transboundary pollution.
1. Transboundary Law for Social-Ecological Resilience? : A Study on Eutrophication in the Baltic Sea Area
Sammanfattning : This dissertation evaluates the role and effectiveness of law in the transboundary environmental governance of the Baltic Sea with regard to eutrophication. To this end, it reviews the applicable international agreements with their related instruments, as well as the EU legal frameworks, for the protection of the Baltic Sea environment on the basis of theories on resilience in social-ecological systems. LÄS MER
2. Environmental policy and transboundary externalities : coordination and commitment in open economies
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four papers, which relate to environmental policy in the presence of transboundary environmental damage. Paper [I] concerns public policy in a multi-jurisdiction framework with transboundary environmental damage. LÄS MER
3. What Can Nature Withstand? : Science, Politics and Discourses in Transboundary Air Pollution Diplomacy
Sammanfattning : Long-range transboundary air pollution generates pressing environmental problems such as the acidification of lakes and soils, forest decline and loss of biodiversity as well as threats to human health across Europe. The overall aim of this study is to explore the role of scientific expertise in environmental diplomacy by analyzing recent international agreements in the transboundary air pollution (LRTAP) regime. LÄS MER
4. Environmentally Sound Management – Its status and role in the sea-land interface regulation of wastes
Sammanfattning : Waste management is essential for ensuring the earth’s resilience and it remains one of the greatest challenges for our and future generations. As societies experience further population growth and economic development, waste management poses both challenges for the protection of the environment and human health. LÄS MER
5. Towards International Chemical Safety : Taking Action on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Sammanfattning : Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been subject to increased international ro-operation over that past decade. The first international effort to address POPs collectively as a distinet class of pollutants was made under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and within the framework of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP), which geographically covers North America, Europe and the region of the former Soviet Union. LÄS MER