The Declaration of the Hague calls upon all states to participate in the development of a framework convention on climate change. The Declaration was issued by a conference of heads of state and government convened in the Hague in March 1989 at the initiative of the Dutch, French, and Norwegian governments.
The history of sustainable development in the United Nations dates back to the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1972. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was the UN's first major conference on the issue of the environment.
The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Convention) is an international agreement to safeguard intercountry adoptions.
The Hague Convention protects children and their families against the risks of illegal, irregular, premature or ill-prepared adoptions abroad.
The Declaration of the Hague calls upon all states to participate in the development of a framework convention on climate change. The Declaration was issued by a conference of heads of state and government convened in the Hague in March 1989 at the initiative of the Dutch, French, and Norwegian governments.
The Convention aims to protect children from the harmful effects of international parental child abduction. It encourages the prompt return of abducted children to the country where they are habitually resident. It also seeks to organize or secure effective exercise of rights of access to a child.
There have been 4 environmental mega conferences to date; United Nations (UN) Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE) 1972 (commonly known as the Stockholm conference); UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) 1992 (also known as Rio Conference or Earth Summit); UN General Assembly Special Session on ...
Earth Summit was created as a means for member states to cooperate together internationally on development issues after the Cold War. Due to issues relating to sustainability being too big for individual member states to handle, Earth Summit was held as a platform for other member states to collaborate.
After this event, the United Nations Environment Assembly was established, becoming the world's high-level decision-making body on the environment. The Environment Assembly meets to set priorities for global environmental policies and develop international environmental law.
Proposed and Planned Carbon Reduction Initiatives 2022/2023 The University has set itself a target of reducing the energy use associated scope 1 & 2 emissions by 10% during the 2022/2023 Academic Year. This equates to 338.5 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide.