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The failure of tailings management facilities is a major problem worldwide that regularly leads to severe disasters. To address this problem, a methodology for tailings safety – comprised of a tailing hazard index, checklists and a measure catalogue – was developed and tested within a project on improving tailings safety in Ukraine, financed by Germany under the framework of the Convention in
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Available in English, French and Russian. If you would require a hard copy of the Guide please contact the secretariat at [email protected]
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Available in English, French and Russian. If you would require a hard copy of the Guide please contact the secretariat at [email protected]
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Available in English, French and Russian. If you would require a hard copy of the Guide please contact the secretariat at [email protected]
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Updated Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
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This updated handbook contains the Convention text and the most-up-to-date versions of all eight protocols to the Convention in their most recent amended version.
The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution was the first international legally binding instrument to deal with problems of air pollution on a broad regional basis. It was signed in 1979 and entered into force in 1983. It
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The Safety Guidelines and Good Practices for Oil Terminals were developed within the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) project on hazard and crisis management in the Danube Delta involving the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine under the auspices of the Assistance programme of the Industrial Accidents Convention. The Conference of the Parties to the
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Residential heating with wood and coal is an important source of ambient (outdoor) air pollution; it can also cause substantial indoor air pollution through either direct exposure or infiltration from outside. Evidence links emissions from wood and coal heating to serious health effects such as respiratory and cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Wood and coal burning also emit carcinogenic
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The revised guidelines, as adopted by the Executive Body at its thirty-second session in December 2013 for application in 2015 and subsequent years, serve to assist Parties, through a common approach, in meeting their obligations under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its protocols. They support the evaluation of emission reduction strategies and facilitate the
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In response to the need to improve pipeline safety, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) member countries decided to jointly develop safety guidelines and good practices for pipelines under two UNECE conventions — the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial Accidents Convention) and the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary
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The Framework Code takes account of the latest scientific knowledge and experience in ammonia abatement, as described in the recent update of the guidance document on preventing and abating ammonia emissions from agricultural sources (ECE/EB.AIR/120). Its purpose is to provide the Convention’s Parties with easily understandable information on the good practices that are necessary to reduce
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Since 2008, all assistance activities under the Assistance Programme are based on the Strategic Approach. The Strategic Approach is designed to enhance the efforts of participating countries in the implementation phase of the Programme and to grant sustainability in the countries of the activities organised.
The Approach outlines six working priority areas of high priority – that correspond to
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The Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents deals with prevention, preparedness and response to industrial accidents with possible transboundary consequences. Being informed of these topics is important - not only for policy makers, politicians, and industry representatives - but also for the public. The cartoons illustrate the main points of the Convention and its
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Guide is available in Chinese, English, French and Russian. If you would require a hard copy of the Guide please contact the secretariat at [email protected]Read More ENG
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Brochure is available in the six official UN languages and Japanese. If you would require a hard copy of the brochure please contact the secretariat at [email protected]Quick guide to the Aarhus Convention inArabic
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Strategies and Policies for Air Pollution AbatementThis publication presents the 2010 review prepared under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution based on the responses to the 2010 questionnaire of policies and strategies for air pollution abatement and their analysis.
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Health Effects of Particulate Matter This publication was prepared by the Joint WHO/Convention Task Force on Health Aspects of Air Pollution. The Task Force on Health work is coordinated by the WHO Regional Office’s European Centre for Environment and Health, Bonn
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Disponible en English (et bientôt en français et en russe).Cours de formation en ligne d'environ 3 heures. Inscription obligatoire. Aucun coût. Produit par la CEE-ONU, le PNUE / OCHA et le PNUE, Genève, 2013.Ce cours est recommandé pour ceux qui veulent en savoir plus sur les