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S. interests can flourish in developed and developing countries worldwide" (U.S. Department of State).
The offices inside the Bureau of OES are developing the policies of the U.S. addressing the air pollution, hazardous wastes and pollutants of all sorts based on the agreements made at "the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Basel Convention on Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes, the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent, and the UN ECE Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Agreement" (idem). Another issue managed by the offices of the OES are those dealing with the conservation and sustainability development of the ecologically and economically important ecosystems worldwide (idem).
UNDP's Biodiversity for Development Programme helps over 140 countries to use their biodiversity in a sustainable manner and maintain it while using the natural resources. According to the UNDP, biodiversity is responsible for our very survival. The ecosystems provide the conditions for the "generation of soils and maintenance of soil quality" (idem), "maintenance of air quality" (idem), maintenance of water quality (idem), "pest control" (idem), "Detoxification and decomposition of wastes" (idem), "plant reproduction" (idem), "climate stabilization" (idem), "prevention and mitigation of natural disasters" (idem).
In terms of industrial emissions, the largest countries in the world: China, the U.S., India and Russia are the champions of pollution, with China having an incontestable lead ahead of the rest (Worldbank). The general monitoring report of the degree. This make the progress in access to electricity imperative and the developed countries have the responsibility to contribute to the whole developing system in order to provide the sustainability of the environment at a macro level.
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Delphi Study: Influence of Environmental Sustainability Initiatives on Information Systems Table of Contents (first draft) Green IT Current Methods and Solutions Green IT and energy costs Green It and Email Systems Green IT and ICT Green IT and ESS Green IT and TPS Green IT and DSS Green IT and other support systems Green IT and GHG reduction Green IT and the Government Sector Green IT and the Corporate Sector Future Prospects of Green IT in the software industry The paper focuses on how the
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