RECOGNISING Sample Clauses

RECOGNISING. The high rate of urbanisation in African countries and its impact on urban infrastructures; The urban planning difficulties faced by the authorities in the sub-region, particularly for the management of waste; The rapid increase of motor vehicle traffic with most countries having limited or non-existent standards for vehicle import and emissions and poor fuel quality resulting in the importation of old second hand vehicles using fuels with high sulphur levels and, consequently increasing air pollutant emissions; National fuel standards often do not match improvements in the quality of fuel produced and/or sold in the sub-region thus allowing for importation of lower grade fuels; The high number of two-stroke motorcycle engines in the sub-region, combined with poor fuel –oil mix leading to increased emissions; The limited transport planning and management in urban areas resulting in inadequate provision of public transport, inadequate investment in infrastructure for motorised transport, non-motorised transport and pedestrian traffic thus reducing urban mobility options, increasing traffic congestion, and increasing air pollutant emissions; The increasing emissions from the industrial and mining sector including manufacturing and processing industries, mineral extraction, and power generation using fossil fuel; The limited information on air quality in all the countries making it difficult to track trends and hindering coordinated approaches to air quality management and the introduction of programmes that would contribute to better air quality; The linkage between air pollution and climate change, associated with greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, ozone), and the co-benefits of reducing air pollution in all sectors of the economy for greenhouse gas reduction; The effects of uncontrolled xxxx burning and open air waste burning activities on local and regional air quality; The high number of people working in the informal sector in African countries, contributing significantly to increasing air pollution. That Africa is often used as a dumping ground for redundant technologies from other parts of the world that are causing air pollution through their use and disposal. .

RECOGNISING. (g) a persistent under-representation of women in physics in universities ;

RECOGNISING. 1 That the current IALA Maritime Buoyage System has been adopted by almost all marine aids to navigation authorities worldwide.