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Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… For global warming from 1.5°C to 2°C, risks across energy, food, and water sectors could overlap spatially and … measures, striking different balances between lowering energy and resource intensity, rate of decarbonization, and … be reduced as a result of broad mitigation measures in the energy sector. In addition, targeted non-CO2 mitigation …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… The economic process is entropic: it requires high quality energy biotic and abiotic natural resources (low entropy) and generates lower quality energy wastes (high entropy). 5. Biotic resources and mineral … to heterogeneous ecological indicators and resorts to energy/matter balances evaluated in physical terms, …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… other mountains in other ways, including the provision of energy and minerals; their roles as centres of biodiversity, … used for these purposes. Water is also a vital source of energy, both in the mountains, but particularly downstream. A … on mountain watersheds for water to grow food, generate energy and, most importantly, to drink. But mountain …
Water as a human right?
… The WSSD recognised the key role of water in agriculture, energy, health, biodiversity and ecosystems as well as in … 2015. It recognised the key role of water in agriculture, energy, health, biodiversity and ecosystems as well as in … requirements as clean water, sanitation, adequate shelter, energy, health care, food security and the protection of …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… billion people around the world have no access to regular energy sources. More than one billion in developing countries … water, of adequate sanitary conditions and of a regular energy source represent a heavy burden on women who must work … One purpose of the landscape concept is to balance net energy flows at the landscape level rather than the site …