The Universal Declaration: a catalyst for …
Today, more than 30 UN Human Rights field presences are currently working on issues related to the right to a healthy environment. For example, in Kenya, UN Human Rights has been supporting environmental human rights defenders in …
Right to Repair: Pricing, Welfare, and Environmental …
the right-to-repair legislation, thanks to the manufac-turer's price cut. However, the volume strategy also causes consumers to buy more, thereby increasing the environmental impact. Altogether, the right-to-repair legislation would bring about a lose –win–lose outcome, hurting the manufacturer and the environment but ben-efiting consumers.
Data centres: can innovations reduce the environmental impacts …
As the demand for data centres grows, how can their environmental impacts be mitigated? In the second of this two-part series, Tarrant Parsons, RICS head of market analytics, examines the innovations that could help reduce the carbon and …
CSDDD: Using a Risk-Based Approach to Address Human Rights …
Recent Salah Husseini. CSDDD: Using a Risk-Based Approach to Address Human Rights and Environmental Impacts in Supply Chains / February 6, 2025 / Blog; Embedding Human Rights from Boots to the Boardroom / April 26, 2023 / Blog; Inside BSR: Q&A with Salah Husseini / May 27, 2021 / Blog; To Combat Systemic Discrimination, Companies Need to Acknowledge Their …
How business can adapt to new environmental and human rights …
Company grievance mechanisms therefore need to have the capacity to address human rights impacts arising from environmental harms. For example, this includes recognising that causation or attribution of health impacts to a specific business practice may not be straightforward and that an illness or disease may take a long time to manifest.
Environmental rights
Environmental Rights and Justice Environmental Rights "Environmental rights mean any proclamation of a human right to environmental conditions of a specified quality" (UN Environment, 2020). Environmental rights can be understood as human rights with a link to the environment. They exist at national levels when incorporated in state's ...
A Right to Repair Act Could Reduce Millions of Tons of E …
A federal Right to Repair Act could help the US avoid generating millions of tons of e-waste every year. By allowing consumers to repair their electronics, the Right to Repair Movement will directly contribute to sustainability efforts and reduce the amount of e-waste we produce, benefitting not only the environment but also consumers' finances.
Environmental Impacts of Fires at the Wildland-Urban …
Joost de Gouw, Professor of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder Joost de Gouw is a Chemistry Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). His research is focused on air quality. His group specializes in measurements of organic trace gases in air using mass …
Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment
For the full enjoyment of human rights, a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is vital. This right seeks to hold States and companies accountable for environmental harm, which threatens the full enjoyment of human rights.
New report exposes the environmental and human costs of …
For a legal analysis of DRC's environmental and water laws see here (in French) Download 'Key Findings' in English here and in French here For a summary of key scientific studies on environmental impacts of mining in DRC's copper-cobalt belt click here See our 2021 report on workers' rights abuses at DRC's industrial cobalt mines here
Rights-of-Way | A forum for discussion of the environmental impacts …
Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management. 14th International Symposium May 11-14, 2026 Vancouver, British Columbia ... students and other leaders from across our industry worldwide on a broad spectrum of topics that focus on environmental impacts from constructing, using and maintaining rights-of-way. ...
Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment • …
The environment and human rights are inherently interlinked. All humans depend on the environment in which we live, work, play, and study. 24% of all global deaths are related to the environment, specifically the WHO attributes 37% of …
Understanding Environmental Impact Assessments for …
Introduction to Environmental Impact AssessmentsEnvironmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) serve as a vital tool in understanding the potential environmental implications associated with development projects. The primary purpose of an EIA is to evaluate how proposed activities might affect the environment, ensuring that decision-makers consider …
What are environmental rights?
Environmental rights means any proclamation of a human right to environmental conditions of a specified quality. Human rights and the environment are intertwined; human rights cannot be enjoyed without a safe, clean and healthy …
Environmental Justice | US EPA
"Environmental justice" means the just treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of income, race, color, national origin, Tribal affiliation, or disability, in …
Explained: Generative AI's environmental impact
The electricity demands of data centers are one major factor contributing to the environmental impacts of generative AI, since data centers are used to train and run the deep learning models behind popular tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E. A data center is a temperature-controlled building that houses computing infrastructure, such as servers ...
AI has an environmental problem. Here's what the world …
Firstly, countries can establish standardized procedures for measuring the environmental impact of AI; right now, there's a dearth of reliable information on the subject. Secondly, with support from UNEP, governments can develop regulations that require companies to disclose the direct environmental consequences of AI-based products and services.
Environmental Impact of Wind Farms
The aim of this article is to analyse the global environmental impact of wind farms, i.e., the effects on human health and the local ecosystem. Compared to conventional energy sources, wind turbines emit significantly …
Environmental Impacts of Transmission Lines
Environmental Impacts of Transmission Lines Introduction ... In forested areas for example, the entire right-of-way (ROW) width is cleared and maintained free of tall-growing trees for the life of the transmission line. The result is a permanent change to the ROW land cover. In agricultural areas, heavy construction vehicles traverse the ROW
Positive obligations on the State to safeguard environmental human rights
A degraded environment, whether it is through air pollution, oil spills, dumped waste, biodiversity loss, destruction of forests, or the effects of climate change, can have far-reaching implications for a range of human rights. A degraded environment impacts on the right to life, health, property, dignity, equality, food, adequate standard of ...
Right Type, Right Place: Assessing the Environmental and …
Right Type, Right Place: Assessing the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Infill Residential Development through 2030 March 2017 Building the right kind of housing in the right places can help California meet its 2030 climate goals while growing the economy.
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
EIS No. 20250019, Final, NRC, SC, Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for Subsequent License Renewal of Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 Second Renewal, Final Report, Review Period Ends: 03/10/2025, Contact: Lance Rakovan 301-415-2589. Dated: February 3, 2025. Nancy Abrams, ...
Trump administration expected to put EPA environmental …
Environmental Protection Agency employees who work in the environmental justice and civil rights office expect a new round of paid leave notices that will impact even more federal workers, four ...
Research: The Unintended Consequences of Right-to-Repair …
This would reduce the environmental impact by reducing e-waste and new production. ... challenges this conventional wisdom and finds that the right-to-repair legislation may in some instances lead ...
CSDDD: A Pragmatic Approach to Managing Human Rights and Environmental
3) Environmental due diligence and the intersection with human rights . Historically, in the environmental field, the term due diligence has had a distinct meaning from that of sustainability due diligence: referring to technical, scientific site-specific evaluations of environmental conditions and impacts.
Global impacts of extractive and industrial …
In environmental conflicts, Indigenous Peoples face severe impacts, such as livelihood loss and land dispossession (), environmental pollution (17, 18), threats to their knowledge systems (), racial- and gender-based violence …
The critical connection between human rights and our …
Where the right to a healthy environment is legally recognized, countries have made steady progress, while opening pathways for progress on other rights. Environmental justice is also about protecting people. Today, the defenders and institutions that work on the front lines of this battle are increasingly under threat.
Right of Way Process
During the scoping and preliminary design phases of project development you need enough information about anticipated right of way needs and potential relocations (persons, structures, etc) to broadly assess environmental impacts. Right of Way staff will not be able to determine precise right of way needs until they receive final construction ...
Sustainable Healthcare: Balancing Patient Care and Environmental Impact
Total Cost of the Value Chain: The discussion needs to move beyond the cost per unit of medication to the total cost of the value chain, including environmental and social impacts. Innovation and Sustainability: Environmental impact assessment and innovation both need to be incentivized. This can be achieved by embedding environmental concerns ...
Right to Repair: Pricing, Welfare, and …
If the environmental impact is primarily generated in the use phase (e.g., automobiles, refrigerators, tractors; Lee et al. 2000, Cooper and Gutowski 2017) and products deteriorate rapidly with use, then the right to repair …