International Environmental Agreements signed by the Czech Republic

1. Autorem materiálu a všech jeho částí, není-li uvedeno jinak, je Mgr. Radka Nováková. Dostupné z Metodického portálu www.rvp.cz, ISSN: 1802-4785.  Provozuje Národní ústav pro vzdělávání, školské poradenské zařízení a zařízení pro další vzdělávání pedagogických pracovníků (NÚV).

2. International Environmental Agreements signed by the Czech Republic • The Kyoto Protocol • The Basel Convention • The Rio Declaration, Agenda 21 Espoo Convention Aarhus Convention Cartagena Protocol

3. The Kyoto Protocol • an amendment to the UN Convention on Climate Changes • negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997 • came into the force in February 2005 • 162 countries have ratified

4. Try to fill in missing words The Kyoto Protocol is an ……………….under which industrialized countries will …………..their collective emissions of …………….. gases by 5.2% compared to the ……….1990. A lot of countries have ………that are set above their current production. These extra amounts can be purchased on the open ……… – trade emissions. Missing words: limits, greenhouse ,agreement, market, year, reduce,

5. Check your answers The Kyoto Protocol is an agreement under which industrialized countries will reduce their collective emissions of greenhouse gases by 5.2% compared to the year 1990. A lot of countries have limits that are set above their current production. These extra amounts can be purchased on the open market – trade emissions. Missing words: limits, greenhouse ,agreement, market, year, reduce,

6. Basel Convention • Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal • came into force on May 5, 1992 • has been signed by 168 countries • ratified by the Czech Republic in 1993

7. convention on transboundary hazardous waste disposal developed countries industrialized nations site less developed countries shipment generation úmluva o přeshraniční nebezpečný odpad likvidace rozvinuté země průmyslové země skládka Méně rozvinuté země zásilka vytváření Guess the meanings

8. Create the right form of the word The treaty was ………..(design) to reduce the ………..(move) of hazardous waste between nations and specifically to prevent transfer of ………….(hazard) waste from developed countries to less developed ……..( country).

9. Check your answers The treaty was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed countries to less developed countries

10. The main objectives of the Basel Convention • reduce the generation of the hazardous waste to a minimum • establish controls on exports and imports of hazardous waste • prohibit shipments of hazardous wastes to countries without the legal, administrative and technical capacity to manage and dispose them • co-operate on the exchange of information, technology transfer and harmonization of standards, codes and guidelines

11. Espoo Convention • Convention on Environmental Impact Assesement in a Transboundary Context • Espoo, Finland, 1991 • Úmluva o posuzování vlivů na životní prostředí přesahující hranice států

12. Ǻarhus Convention • Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters • Aarhus, Denmark, 1998 • Úmluva o přístupu k informacím, účasti veřejnosti na rozhodování a přístupu k právní ochraně v záležitostech životního prostředí

13. Cartagena Protocol • Cartagena Protocol on Biological Safety (protection and safe handling, using and transferring living modified organism) • Cartagena, Spain, 2003 ( came into force)

14. Zdroje: ZAVÁZALOVÁ, Vladimíra; LUKÁČOVÁ, Alena. Angličtina pro veřejnou správu. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2007, ISBN 978-80-7380-057-4.