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1021.Danube NGO joint position concerning hydropower development in the Alpine, Carpathian, Danube, and Western Balkan regions (2015-05-09)
... While hydropower is a renewable energy source with usually a small carbon footprint, the role it can play in reaching Europe´s climate change mitigation targets is limited. Also, hydropower installations do have negative impacts on aquatic ecosystems and their services at local and river basin levels while river stretches and floodplains of high ecological integrity... ...
1022.Violation of the legislation on the right to information and public participation in climate change issues by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in Ukraine (2015-05-09)
... Case: Violation of the legislation on the right to information and public participation in climate change issues by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in Ukraine. Fact of the matter: protection of the right to information, and right on public participation in decision making process in environmental matters. Parties:plaintiff: NGO “Environment-People-Law” (EPL)defendant: Ministry of Environmental Protection... ...
1023.Violation of the legislation on the right to information and public participation in climate change issues by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in Ukraine (2015-05-09)
... Case: Violation of the legislation on the right to information and public participation in climate change issues by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in Ukraine. Fact of the matter: protection of the right to information, and right on public participation in decision making process in environmental matters. Parties: plaintiff: NGO “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) defendant: Ministry of... ...
1024.Climate Change and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Ukraine (2015-05-09)
... Case: Consideration of the climate change issue in the course of EIA in Ukraine. Region: Ukraine Fact of the matter: Impact of a planned activity on the global climate change in the course of EIA in Ukraine is not being taken into consideration. The impact of the projected objects on the microclimate is considered, but... ...
1025.Access to information on international GHG emissions trading by Ukraine (2015-05-09)
... By its resolution of 26.10.2009, Lviv circuit administrative court opened a new legal case initiated by Environment-People-Law (EPL) against the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and National Agency of Environmental Investments (NAEI). EPL asked the court to recognize unlawful the inaction of the above mentioned governmental bodies towards information dissemination and oblige them to make... ...
1026.Environment-People-Law against National Agency of Environmental Investments – access to information in National Electronic Registry of Anthropogenic Emissions (2015-05-09)
... Case: Environment-People-Law against National Agency of Environmental Investments – access to information in National Electronic Registry of Anthropogenic Emissions. Region: Ukraine Parties: plaintiff: NGO “Environment-People-Law” (EPL);defendant: National Agency of Environmental Investmets (NAEI). Merit of the case: assure appropriate access to information in the National Electronic Registry of Anthropogenic Emissions. Fact of the matter: The National... ...
1027.Atmospheric Trust Litigation (2015-05-09)
... Atmospheric Trust Litigation Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Human Rights: Impact, Synergy, and Confluence Professor, Dr. Svitlana Kravchenko, University of Oregon[1] ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. I. Climate Change Impact on Biodiversity. 2 A. Climate change is a major cause of biodiversity loss. 2 B. Climate change impact on World Heritage sites. 3 C. Climate change and ocean acidification. 3... ...
1028.Protection of the right to safe and healthy environment (2015-05-08)
... Case: extension of the lifetime of nuclear reactor № 1at South-Ukrainian nuclear power plant (SU NPP) Region: Ukraine, Mykolaiv region, Yuzhnoukrainsk Essence of the case: protection of the right to safe and healthy environment during decision-making on extension of the lifetime of nuclear reactor №1 at SU NPP Parties: EPL, the State Inspection of Nuclear... ...
1029.Рrotection of biodiversity and protected area of Ukraine (2015-05-08)
... Case: Tashlytska Pumped Storage Hydro Station Region: Ukraine, Mykolaiv oblast, Yuzhnoukrainsk Essence of case: protection of biodiversity and protected area of Ukraine, protection of the right to safe and healthy environment; Parties: Residents of Mykolaiv and Mykolaiv oblast, regional-landscape park ”Granitno-stepove Pobuzhya” SE NNEC “Energoatom,” South-Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant, Ministry of Fuel and Energy of... ...
1030.Biodiversity conservation (2015-05-08)
... Case: Danube-Black Sea Canal Region: Europe, Ukraine, Odessa oblast, Vylkovo city (map) Essence of case : Protection of the biodiversity of the Danube delta Parties: President of Ukraine, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Ministry of Transport of Ukraine, SE “Delta Lotzman”, Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Danube Biosphere... ...
