Sentence examples for legally binding framework from inspiring English sources

Signed just under a year ago, the insufficient but workable Paris agreement at last constructed a legally binding framework for the principle of cutting carbon emissions.

Capturing countries' current ambitions now in a legally binding framework, even if they are low, is politically important but we should not see this as the final word.

We were proud to pass the Climate Change Act, to make Britain the first country in the world to have a legally binding framework for reducing emissions.

In exchange for keeping Kyoto alive, nations at Durban would mandate talks for a new pact, due to be concluded in 2015, that would draw all major emitters into a single, legally binding framework.

Effectively defeating those countries, including the US, which did not want either to raise their ambition levels or pursue a legally binding framework, this alliance has provided a heartening example of how UN processes can empower small countries and progressive political goals.

It is unclear whether a legally binding framework for DRR will follow the HFA (UNISDR 2012).

This provides a legally-binding framework for access to information, the right to participate in environmental decision-making, and access to justice to challenge the legality of environmental decisions.

Building on the Arctic Council and the Law of the Sea Convention, WWF calls for a legally-binding framework that would seek to establish "ecosystem-based ocean management" both in territorial and international waters.

On the positive side, this established a legally binding ethical framework for biomedical research.

The UK has historically been seen as a leader on climate change internationally, becoming one of the first countries to produce a legally binding national framework to cut emissions with the Climate Change Act in 2008.

The UK Climate Change Act, passed in 2008 with cross-party support, is the world's first long-term, legally binding, national framework for reducing emissions – setting five-year carbon budgets to cut UK emissions by 80% by 2050.