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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… through practices that accommodate their inherent biological limits, recognizing that ecosystems are not simple … accelerating rates of resource use, will bring losses in biological diversity. • Air pollution (including acid rain), …
Energy law and sustainable development
… that the Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity can develop the standards for effective … and use of energy by people. This chapter discusses the biological impacts of hydroelectric energy, nuclear energy, … need to be restricted for at least a further 50 years. The contamination of foodstuffs by the Chernobyl fallout is still …
Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… well as other forms of environmental damage, such as water contamination and spoiling of the landscape. Recent … waste and the small but nonetheless real risk of contamination from accidental releases of radioactive … the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity as well as the Stockholm Convention on …