Sovereign Environmental Risk

They've probably got these environmental risk factors and or genetic risk factors we don't know about.

Hundreds of millions more are at risk of becoming environmental refugees.

Hundreds of millions more were at risk of becoming environmental refugees.

Working in conjunction with risk management software, the sensor system was reducing the risk of potential environmental contamination from hydrocarbon spillage.

(e) Covering expenses for health care activities needed in situations of risk or environmental pollution.

Sustainable disaster risk reduction needs to become an integral component of environmental, economic and social development.

8. How an enterprise s environmental performance affects its financial health and how financial information relating to such performance can be used to assess environmental risk, and the management of such risk, are often matters of concern to investors and their advisers.

There was data online from a 2006 environmental risk conference, other geospatial data, none of it integrated.

Deep and widespread misery and an acute environmental crisis put the country socially and ecologically at risk.

States had the obligation to prevent transboundary harm and to minimize risk, in particular through environmental impact assessments.

All population groups are exposed to environmental risk factors, but particularly children, pregnant women, chronic patients and the elderly.

The Contracting Parties shall agree to carry out environmental impact assessment of hazardous activities, and to implement risk reducing measures.

Determinants of Health Public Policy and Risk Assessment Infrastructure, Info structure and New Tools Development Infectious Diseases Environmental Health Aboriginal Health.

States at risk of disappearing for environmental reasons tend to be geographically closest to States which cannot reasonably be held solely responsible for the environmental factors giving rise to the disappearance of the State.

At the dawn of the twenty first century, rapid urbanization, environmental degradation and increased industrial activities aggravated the risk of major disasters.

The vulnerability of slum dwellers should be reduced through the promotion of land use planning policies aimed at environmental sustainability and risk reduction.

Environmental health Improving environmental hygiene and reducing the influence of harmful environmental risk factors in relation to human health these are issues that are regulated by the Law On Epidemiological Safety, which was adopted on December 11, 1997, and which sets out rules on epidemiological safety in Latvia.

One representative underlined the point that, as the objectives of multilateral environmental agreements varied, a separate risk evaluation should be required under the Convention.

In addition, participants established an Asian Regional Task Force on Risk Assessment for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies.

1. Studies carried out by the United Nations have demonstrated that a wide scale nuclear war would entail the risk of worldwide environmental breakdown.

22. The factories posing an environmental risk generally utilize wet processes in the industrial sectors of packaged food, manufacturing, metal coating and textiles.18

They use such data for various purposes to reduce their own exposure to lending or credit risk to judge the entity apos s own exposure to risk to interpret corporate managements apos ability to manage environmental issues and integrate environmental issues into general long term strategic issues and to compare progress between companies and over time.

The combination of poverty, unemployment, environmental and health problems, often exacerbated by violent conflicts, is placing increasing numbers of young people in cities at risk.

The Subcommittee noted the need for further space research relating to climate change, weather patterns, vegetation distribution, storm and flood risk, and other environmental factors.

3. The Governing Council had agreed on the implementation of programme initiatives in areas of global concern, including environmental law monitoring, assessment and early warning measures to reduce risk from hazardous chemicals and facilitating cooperation among the secretariats of environmental conventions.

Other platforms essentially focusing on information sharing and knowledge management, the strengthening of institutions, training and environmental risk management are being discussed under the aegis of the Strategy.

UNEP, through GRID Sioux Falls, is cooperating with Clark University in the United States in the development of methodology for environmental risk assessment and conflict resolution using GIS techniques.

In addition, governments and regulators should adopt policies ensuring sustainable financial sector practices, including annual reporting by companies and investors on environmental, social, and governance issues and due diligence and risk models regarding environmental hazards. Consideration of the possibility of stranded assets must be systematically expanded.

Conversely, major disasters, or the accumulation of risk from smaller but regular events, may cause environmental problems that impact on livelihoods and development options, for example where biodiversity is undermined.

(b) Improving access to relevant technology and training in hazard and risk assessment and early warning systems, and in protection from environmental disasters, consistent with national, subregional and regional strategies

Environmental management This consists of environmental modification, environmental manipulation and measures to reduce human vector contact.

Mr. Zeller (Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League) said that reprocessing plutonium waste for fuel placed public safety and the environment at serious risk and undermined the goal of nuclear non proliferation.

Switching to cleaner natural gas may reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide and consequently lead to an environmental gain, but energy security would be at increased risk if the gas is imported.

Regulations should also ensure that appropriate controls exist to minimize any risk of pollution of the various environmental media or harm to human health from the disposal of waste in landfills.

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(ix) Ensure that, for the implementation of new technologies, a careful risk benefit analysis of their impact on the specific environmental and socio economic conditions of a country is a mandatory prerequisite

C. Environmental management standards as a tool of environmental policy

The time has come for a better understanding of the connection between environmental and natural resource risk and sovereign credit risk. Only then will investors, rating agencies, and governments be able to plan over the medium to long term with the knowledge needed to ensure long term economic growth and stability.

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A recent study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that about 630,000 children are born each year with enough methyl mercury in their blood to put them at risk of brain damage.

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