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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… and sanitation • Accessibility of water and sanitation infrastructure • Affordability of water and sanitation • … and 40). 14. Ensure resilience of water and sanitation infrastructure as a major climate adaptation measure (pages … water from agricultural to 11 and insufficient sanitation infrastructure, accentuated by climate change, poses threats …
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Defenders of the Earth

… door open to further attacks. By backing extractive and infrastructure projects imposed on local communities without … makes significant investments in local communities and infrastructure, it says. SECL has said that it took on … aggressive pursuing of foreign investment for large-scale infrastructure, power and mining projects, and apparent …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… Regional Water Resources and Drylands RIDA Resources, Infrastructure, Demand and Access SBSTA Subsidiary Body for … taken for the project must be provided with adequate land, infrastructure, and other compensation. The absence of legal … timber, mining, exploitation of oil and gas, expansion of infrastructure, plantation agriculture and production of …
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Investments of development finance institutions: socio-environmental impacts and respect for rights

… however, that many DFI investments are aimed at major infrastructure and energy projects with a high environmental …
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The human right to water and sanitation

… sources, mismanagement and the development of industrial infrastructure, the distribution of water is increasingly …
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Water as a human right?

… 28% of the global warming potential of GHG emissions.90 5. Infrastructure development (dams, dikes, levees, diversions … � limiting access to, or destroying, water services and infrastructure. 2. Obligation to protect: obliges States to … lost work time alone, whereas the cost of providing new infrastructure needs for all major urban water sectors would …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… The declaration notes that the environment provides the infrastructure for human civilization and that the impacts of … Landfill Gas project involved installing gas extraction infrastructure and landfill gas generators at the Mariannhill … kilometres from the park’s boundary, and the dam and its infrastructure will pose a threat to the park’s biodiversity …
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Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… warning systems and risk notification; improving physical infrastructure to reduce the risk of floods or other hazards; …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… to develop a community protocol in response to a proposed infrastructure and port development in Lamu. Lamu communities … in adequate consultation processes regarding the proposed infrastructure and port development in Lamu (Natural Justice, …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… on matters in the public sphere, like logging, housing and infrastructure development, and the protection of … • economic reconstruction to allow the rebuilding of infrastructure; • promoting social harmony and religious …
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