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Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste (open access)

Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste

This law was established in China to prevent the pollution of the environment by solid waste, to ensure public health and safety, and to promote the development of socialist modernization.
Date: October 30, 1995
Creator: Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organic Act of the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan (open access)

Organic Act of the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan

This law was passed by the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to establish the Environmental Protection Administration.
Date: May 30, 2002
Creator: China (Republic : 1949- )
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Pollution Control Act (open access)

Air Pollution Control Act

This law was passed by the Republic of China (Taiwan) to control air pollution and protect the environment and human health.
Date: May 30, 2006
Creator: China (Republic : 1949- ). Huan jing bao hu shu.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change (open access)

Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change

The Review's executive summary states that "the Review first examines the evidence on the economic impacts of climate change itself, and explores the economics of stabilizing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The second half of the Review considers the complex policy challenges involved in managing the transition to a low-carbon economy and in ensuring that societies can adapt to the consequences of climate change that can no longer be avoided". The report's main conclusion is that the benefits of strong, early action on climate change considerably outweigh the costs.
Date: October 30, 2006
Creator: Peters, Siobhan; Bakhshi, Vicki; Bowen, Alex; Cameron, Catherine; Catovsky, Sebastian; Crane, Di et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2006 (open access)

Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2006

The document reports on the state of the environment of Japan in FY 2005. It consists of an overview on population decline and the environment of Japan. It also describes the origins of Japan's environmental problems, citing the example of Minamata disease. In the second part of the report, it summarizes the environmental issues and government environmental conservation measures in Japan, FY 2005.
Date: May 30, 2006
Creator: Japan. Kankyōshō.
System: The UNT Digital Library