Future Climate Scenarios – Representative Concentration Pathways
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Meteorology and air pollution
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According to the Basel convention, environmentally sound management (ESM) of hazardous wastes or other wastes means taking all practicable steps to ensure that hazardous wastes or other wastes are managed in a manner which will protect from human health and the environment against the adverse effects which may result from such wastes (Article 2 of Basel convention).
ESM of wastes requires the development and implementation of a system of policies, legislation, and regulations, monitoring and enforcement, incentives and penalties, technologies and other tools in which all key stakeholders participate and cooperate. According to the Basel convention, the following elements should be considered when establishing, implementing or evaluating ESM.
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Regulatory matters (e.g., compliance, enforcement, consistency, and complementarity).
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Facility-related matters (e.g., regarding construction and infrastructure).
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Waste-related matters (e.g., prevention, collection, sorting, pre-treatment, treatment, storage, transport, downstream management).
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Resource and process efficiency.
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Environmental protection matters (e.g., prevention of pollution, emission limit values to air, water and soil).
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Occupational safety and health (OSH) matters (e.g., regarding safety, health, liability and emergency response).
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Organizational matters (e.g., valid license or permit, monitoring, record keeping, information to be provided to the authorities, aftercare, environmental insurance, management abilities or training level etc.).
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Transparency (publicly accessible information), due diligence and accountability.
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Innovation and research and development (e.g., through funding, information exchange and cooperation with academia and others).
