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They are designed to support change by promoting the local use, management, ownership and sustainability of judicial development in Pacific Island Countries across the regions. The toolkit promotes an issue-based approach, where judges identify the constituent issues in each case.
This Synthesis Report is based on the reports of the three Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), including relevant Special Reports. It provides an integrated view of climate change as the final part of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5).
The Act is intended to provide for the sustainable management of Tuvalu's seabed minerals. It further regulates prospecting, exploration and mining activities within Tuvalu. The Act provides that all sovereign rights to the mineral resources contained in the waters superjacent to the seabed and subsoil of Tuvalu’s territorial sea, Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf are vested in the State to be managed on behalf of the people of Tuvalu.
The rules and regulations were issued to implement the Go Negosyo Act. It also recognizes the State's policies on inclusive growth and job generation in the Barangay Micro Business Enterprises Act of 2002, and the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Act.
The Executive Order establishes the Philippine Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management and Reporting System in relevant government agencies to enable the country to transition towards a climate-resilient pathway for sustainable development. The Climate Change Commission is mandated as the overall lead in the implementation of the Order.
The Executive Order institutionalized the Philippine Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management and Reporting System, pursuant to the National Climate Change Action Plan and the Climate Change Act of 2009.
The Act penalizes sexual harassment at the workplace in accordance with the right of every person to work in a safe, fair and dignified environment.
The National Plan for Tackling Climate Change of the People's Republic of China embodies the government strategy for climate action including mitigation, adaptation, scientific research, and public awareness. The targets enunciated in the plan are reducing carbon emissions per unit of GDP by 40 to 45% compared to 2005 levels by 2020, increasing the proportion of non-fossil fuels utilized by 15% for primary energy consumption, and to increase the forest area by 40m ha and stock volume by 40m.
The Law on Plantations aims to improve the welfare and prosperity of the people, increase sources of foreign exchange, provide employment and business opportunities, increase production, productivity, quality, value, competitiveness and market share, improve and meet the needs of consumer and industrial raw materials in the country, provide protection to the plantation business communities and society, manage and develop resources optimally, and increase utilization of plantation services. It also directs every person who opens and cultivates land or grows plants for plantation purposes to follow procedures to prevent damage to the environment.
The Act amends the 2010 Ozone Layer Protection Act by specifying powers and functions of the Director of the National Ozone Unit. Among others, the Act provides for certain conditions and requirements in granting an exemption in relation to the prohibition and restriction of imports of controlled substances.