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IUCN Policy on Biodiversity Offsets
… the importance of rigorously applying all the steps of the mitigation hierarchy, starting with avoidance as priority and … that uncertainty and risk can be reduced when the mitigation hierarchy is embedded in the framework of … of biodiversity offsets within the context of the mitigation hierarchy, including those circumstances where …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… can deliver on pollution avoidance, reduction, mitigation and rehabilitation. 2.5 Multiple stakeholders and … and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning … needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… 32 2.3 Benefits of connectivity for climate change mitigation 33 2.4 Connectivity co-benefits for biodiversity … additional atmospheric carbon for climate change mitigation. The legal research and analyses reflected in this … conservation for climate change adaptation and mitigation, with particular attention to the potential for …
Developing a Global Soil Regime
… processes, land use conflicts, climate change mitigation and adaptation, conservation of biodiversity, the … and its consequences for the environment, adaption to and mitigation of climate change effects as well as the effects … values, health, water, energy production, climate change mitigation and adaptation, combating desertification, …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… require a preventive approach while accelerating mitigation efforts using polluter pays approaches … light sources, while also contributing to climate change mitigation (United Nations Environment Programme 2014a). … the Zero Hunger Challenge; climate change adaptation and mitigation, especially in the light of the Paris Agreement on …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… Reporting and Verification NAMA Nationally-Appropriate Mitigation Action NGO Non-Governmental Organization NTFP … may be a relatively inexpensive climate change mitigation option, comparing favourably with the costs of … as a potentially effective and low-cost climate change mitigation option.9 This publication identifies and analyzes …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… provision of financial resources between adaptation and mitigation.8 In 2011, in Durban, South Africa, the Parties … and rehabilitation has been promoted for disaster risk mitigation, focusing on its protective function. This is … and CBD (2009). Connecting Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Report of the Second Ad Hoc …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… endangered, seriously endangered, or vulnerable species.10 Mitigation and adaptation to climate change (carbon … Pipeline. The implementation of environmental and social mitigation measures came up against institu- tional obstacles … location, nature, type of impact on the milieu and people, mitigation measures ) in a public document. This information …
Shared resources: Issues of governance
… assessing potential impacts, and exploring avoidance and mitigation options.36 The findings of the cultural resources … preparatory work as well as the implementation process of mitigation measures in their area. In addition, more than 200 … to protect the Baltic Sea. As a result, the scope of the mitigation plan was enlarged to accommodate the construction …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… (last visited Sept. 20, 2014). 37 and avoidance or mitigation measures sought. As noted above, the secretariat … Convention, supra, at art. 27 (“Prevention and mitigation of harmful conditions”). 118 MCCAFFREY, supra, at … ecosystems and the environment Protection of human health Mitigation measures Precautionary Principle/Approach Protect …