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The Act prohibited employment of children in designated occupations and regulated the working conditions of children.

The petition was filed against indiscriminate felling of bamboo trees along the banks of the Siruvani River. The court considered the competing claims for preservation of ecology and sustainable development, as well as the forests' role as a carbon sink and bamboos' role in sustaining the river. The court ordered respondents to stop cutting bamboo and other vegetation.

The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) recognizes the interrelationship between economic activities and their environmental consequences and the need to ensure environmentally sound and sustainable development. Parties are obliged to establish an environmental impact assessment procedure with respect to activities listed in Appendix I that are likely to cause significant transboundary impact.

This petition is by way of public interest litigation for preventing the pollution of the Bokaro river water from the sludge/slurry discharged from the coal washeries of a company engaged in mining. The Supreme Court of India acknowledged that the constitutional right to life included a right to pollution-free water and air, which was necessary for the full enjoyment of life. However, it dismissed the petition for not being filed in public interest but the petitioner's own interest.

UNGA Resolution 45/212 instituted a single intergovernmental negotiating process for the development of a framework convention on climate change. An Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee was also established to spearhead the negotiation process and complete the framework convention and related agreements.

The UN General Assembly Resolution 45/212 instituted a single intergovernmental negotiating process for the development of a framework convention on climate change. An Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee was also established to spearhead the negotiation process, and complete the framework convention and related agreements.

The Act established a day care center in every barangay for the total development and protection of children.

The Second World Climate Conference Declaration recognized that in case of failure to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, the predicted climate change would place stresses on natural and social systems unprecedented in the past 10,000 years. Thus, it underscored that GHG emissions need to be stabilized, although without specific amounts or timelines.

The Act enunciates the State's policy to regulate or prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures which present unreasonable risk and/or injury to the health of the public or to the environment.

The Electricity Supply Act of Malaysia provides for the regulation of the electricity supply industry, the supply of electricity at reasonable prices, the licensing of electrical installation, control of electrical installation, plant and equipment regarding safety to persons, and the efficient use of electricity. The Act also provides for the powers of enforcement, investigation and certain offenses. It likewise provides for the fixing and approval of tariffs which may be imposed by a licensee, among others.