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An Inventory of Upcoming Questions with an EU Connotation that are Suited to Cooperation Between the Countries around the Baltic Sea, and That May Be Favourably Influenced by such a Cooperation »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Pär Boqvist
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2005
ISBN: 9789289311656
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Inventory, EU Connotation, Cooperation, Baltic Sea
An inventory of upcoming questions with an EU connotation that are suited to cooperation between the countries around the Baltic Sea, and that may be favourably influenced by such a cooperation....

Per and polyfluorinated substances in the Nordic Countries : Use, occurence and toxicology »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Athanasios A. Katsogiannis , Gitte Alsing Pedersen , Allan Astrup Jensen , Pia Brunn Poulsen , Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jörgensen , Mandana Ghisari , Helga Gunnlaugsdóttir , Dorte Herzke , Sophie Jensen , Christina Jönsson , Hrönn Ólína Jörundsdottir , Stefan Posner , Sandra Roos , and D Xenia Trier
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325622
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Tema Nord, Perfluorinated Substances, PFOS, PFOA, Toxic Effects, Industrial Sectors
This Tema Nord report presents a study based on open information and custom market research to review the most common perfluorinated substances (PFC) with less focus on PFOS and PFOA.The study includes three major...

Pharmaceuticals and additives in personal care products as environmental pollutants : - Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Mímir Arnórsson , Maria Dam , Kirsten Davanger , Arntraut Goetsch , Dorte Herzke , Sandra Huber , Lennart Kaj , Inge Mortensen , Hrönn Ó. Jörundsdóttir , Mikael Remberger , Martin Schlabach , Richard Schwartson , and Jette Vester
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325615
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, Faroe Island, Iceland, Greenland, Waste Water Treatment Systems
The application of pharmaceuticals and personal care products is substantial in industrialized and high-income north-western European societies. Faroe Island, Iceland and Greenland are part of this modern society,...

Polar Law Textbook II »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Natalia Loukacheva
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325509
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Arctic, Antarctica, Polar Regions, Legal Developments, Law in Dealing, Polar Law Issues
Developments in the Arctic and Antarctica continue to be the subject of growing public interest and academic, political, scientific, and media discourse. The global magnitude of the changes that are currently takin...

Natural Capital in a Nordic context : Status and Challenges in the Decade of Biodiversity »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Sanna Ahvenharju , Marika Bröckl , Leonardo Mazza , Tiina Pursula , and Patrick ten Brink
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325349
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, International Approaches, Capital Accounting, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Gaia Consulting, European Environmental Policy
The report reviews different international approaches for natural capital accounting. The five approaches reviewed are attempts to help create an improved evidence base on the links between biodiversity and ecosyst...

Tracking environmental impacts in global product chains : - Rare Earth Metals and other critical metals used in the cleantech industry »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Jürg Hutter , Jens Johansson , Anna Larsson , Alina Pathan , Alain Schilli , and Iivo Vehviläinen
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325196
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Environmental Impacts, Product Chains, REMs, Cleantech Industry Metals, Supply Chain, Solar Panels
Tracking environmental impacts in global product chains - Rare Earth Metals and other critical metals used in the cleantech industry Metals form a central part of the global economy, but their extraction and supply...

Selected Plasticisers and Additional Sweeteners in the Nordic Environment »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Hanna Andersson , Eva Brorström-Lundén , Katarina Hansson , Lennart Kaj , Helene Lunder , Mikael Remberger , and Martin Schlabach
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289324649
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Plasticisers, Sweeteners, Pristine Environments, Phthalates, Adipates, Sewage Lines
The report Selected plasticisers and additional sweeteners in the Nordic Environment describes the findings of a Nordic environmental study. The study has been done as a screening, that is, it provides a snapshot o...

Balancing protection and prosecution in anti-trafficking policies : A comparative analysis of reflection periods and related temporary residence permits for victims of trafficking in the Nordic countries, Belgium and Italy »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Anette Brunovskis
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289324236
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Trafficking, European Countries, Reflection Period, Victim Protection, Traffickers, Nordic Countries
When victims of trafficking are identified in a country of destination, they are often in a situation marked by lack of clarity. In response to this, most European countries have a so-called reflection period for v...

Control mechanisms for Nordic ship emissions »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Kjetil Martinsen , and Asbjørn Torvanger
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325165
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Shipping, Environmental Regulations, Pollution Burden, DNV, Control Mechanisms, Ship Emission
Shipping today operates under a complex set of international and domestic regulations. However, the environmental regulations have lagged behind those of other industries. This situation is now changing quite drama...

Towards a new Nordic textile commitment : Collection, sorting, reuse and recycling »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Maria Elander , Stefán Gíslason , Nikola Kiørboe , Kari-Anne Lyng , and David Palm
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2014
ISBN: 9789289327985
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Textile Commitment, NAG, Voluntary Commitment, Textile Wastes, Waste Management, Green Growth
This report is the primary outcome from Part I of the project "Towards a new Nordic textile commitment - Collection, sorting, reuse and recycling" initiated by the Nordic Waste Group (NAG). The report for Part 2 wi...