We can’t properly manage the environmental impact of mines if there isn’t one management system that regulates all the licenses, authorizations, financial requirements and environmental impact assessments. The South African government commenced the rollout of the much-anticipated One Environmental System late last year. The most notable shift under the new system is the … [Read more...]
Shipping emissions still in the hands of IMO
The Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, the key outcome of the 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2011, has been dubbed by many as the platform for inaction, with the decision to find agreement by 2015 being seen as the agreement to disagree at a later date. COP17 did little to directly answer the … [Read more...]
