1. ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY THE RIO CONFERENCE
ANDRÁS ISTVÁN FAZEKAS PhD
Associate professor
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE)
Energy Engineering Department
MVM Hungarian Power Companies Ltd.
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2. THE RIO CONFRERENCE (UNCED)
The concept of sustainable development was taken up and further elaborated in the documents of the UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
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3. UNFCCC
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was the first document on climate policy to be legally binding in terms of international law.
It was developed by an intergovernmental negotiating committee appointed by the UN, signed by about 160 countries and has been in force since Marc
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4. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE UNFCCC
The main objective of the UNFCCC is the stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that could prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
The aim is to limit the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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5. RIO CONFERENCE DOCUMENTS
From the legal documents of the Rio Conference it was deduced that the exploitation of non-renewable resources should be limited to such materials for which there are long-term replacements in the form of renewable primary resources, or secondary resources.
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