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United Nations Environment Programme
Recommendation 31:
Place restrictions on importation of toxics, both in conjunction with the Basel Convention and through the passage of more restrictive national legislation for substances of concern.
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Recommendation 13:
Pay into local waste management programs.
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Recommendation 24:
Partner with NGOs to increase capacity and maximize impact of government initiatives.
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Recommendation 47:
Partner with labor unions to secure improved living and working conditions for local communities.
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Recommendation 15:
Partner with and support local non-profit organizations advocating for social and environmental justice in your communities.
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Recommendation 9:
Regardless of what happens within the UNFCCC, countries should continue to pursue domestic GHG reductions to the greatest extent practicable and with a target of achieving a net zero carbon economy, as this will be necessary to safeguard the human rights of persons both within and outside of their territory.
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Recommendation 11:
Countries should incorporate human rights norms into their domestic legal frameworks, including (but not limited to) laws that specifically address climate change. This could include, for example, specific provisions to ensure that the affected public has knowledge of and an adequate opportunity to comment on proposals for domestic mitigation and adaptation policies. In developing domestic policies, countries can consult with existing MEAs, the Bali Guidelines Bali Guidelines for the Development of National Legislation on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, and a Compilation of Good Practices published earlier this year by the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Environment, among other resources.
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Recommendation 10:
Countries should consider how to align human rights and climate change adaptation objectives. One approach would be to pursue an integrated response to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, in order to better safeguard human rights in the face of climate-related disasters. National planners should also pursue adaptation measures with environmental and social co-benefits, such as ecosystem-based adaptation, which refers to the conservation, sustainable management and restoration of natural ecosystems to help people adapt to climate change. Decision-makers can refer to UNEP’s Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Guidance for additional information on this approach. Finally, countries must ensure that they do not discriminate against marginalized groups in all adaptation planning activities and in responses to climate-related hazards and disasters.
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Recommendation 1:
Even if all of the INDCs are fully implemented, the anticipated level of global warming will result in extreme climatic and environmental impacts and widespread adverse effects on human rights. The Parties should continue to increase their mitigation ambition so as to ensure that the global average temperature increase remains at or below 2.0°C, and preferably 1.5°C. To this end, the Paris Agreement should include a schedule for assessing and revisiting country commitments with the aim of increasing, over time, the ambition of the climate targets set by countries. Another way to encourage more ambition would be to establish scientifically-based targets for all countries and then assess the performance of countries with respect to these targets. The targets could account for countries’ historical and current GHG emissions (on a countrywide, per capita, and per unit of GDP basis) as well as the financial and technical capacity of the country to make emissions reductions. Nations should also undertake efforts to reduce emissions above and beyond their international commitments.
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Recommendation 59:
Monitor your own plastic consumption and identify easy swaps you can make to reduce the burden on waste management systems.
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