A national ecological framework for Canada

Canada's National Report on Climate Change - Actions to Meet Commitments Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [ Canada's National Report on Climate Change ]

An Ecological Framework for Environmental Impact Assessment in Canada

2. Highlights that the human right to water and sanitation is closely linked to a number of key global challenges, such as health, energy, food, employment, gender equality and environmental sustainability; strongly supports the inclusion of the proposed Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 on ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030 within the post-2015 global development framework, including the objective of achieving universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all; stresses that realisation of all SDGs requires mobilisation of much more financing for develo ...[+++]pment than is currently provided, from both developed and developing countries, including from new sources and innovative financing instruments; calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure that access to drinking water and sanitation are priority topics at the forthcoming UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21);

I. whereas the EU and its Member States made a commitment, at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in Cancun in 2010, to ensure ‘a just transition of the workforce that creates decent work and quality jobs’; whereas a just transition for all towards an environmentally sustainable economy needs to be well managed to contribute to the objective of sustainable and long-term employment for all – including, but not limited to, highly skilled jobs –, social inclusion and the eradication of poverty;

I. whereas the EU and its Member States made a commitment, at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in Cancun in 2010, to ensure ‘a just transition of the workforce that creates decent work and quality jobs’; whereas a just transition for all towards an environmentally sustainable economy needs to be well managed to contribute to the objective of sustainable and long-term employment for all – including, but not limited to, highly skilled jobs –, social inclusion and the eradication of poverty;

27. Calls on the competent authorities to draft a national energy strategy with a particular emphasis on renewable energies and energy security, including diversification of energy sources; takes the view that Albania should invest more in renewable energy projects and related infrastructure; invites Albania to consider the ecological impact of hydropower projects on the national natural heritage; calls for compliance with the EU Water Framework Directive, which aims to achieve good ecological and chemical status for all natural su ...[+++]rface-water bodies;