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Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… increased saltwater intrusion, flooding and damage to infrastructure (high confidence). Risks associated with sea … community-based adaptation) and urban areas (e.g., green infrastructure, sustainable land use and planning, and … confidence of the underlying literature (shades of green and red) was assessed. The strength of positive …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… but not limited to, Antonio Benjamin and Law for a Green Planet in Brazil, Charles Okidi in Kenya and East … partners as IUCN, UNEP, World Bank University, Law for a Green Planet, Greenwatch, IDEA and others to provide judges … on matters in the public sphere, like logging, housing and infrastructure development, and the protection of …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… by governments, sectoral development and large-scale infrastructure projects, and macro-economic reform have all … for recreation Alternative forms of tourism (ecotourism, green tourism, or nature tourism) are the fastest growing … The University of California Press. Adams, W.M. 1990. Green Development: Environment and Sustainability in the …
Water as a human right?
… Acknowledgements This paper was prepared for the Law for a Green Planet Institute 7th International Conference on … 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 …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… of job creation. It encourages cooperation to establish “green jobs” mentioning business, industry, trade unions and … and Elroy Bos (2004) “Value: counting ecosystems as water infrastructure”, WANI and IUCN. Fisher, R.J, Sally … (390,760 km2). Poor rainfall, the absence of rural infrastructure, most notably roads and, in some cases, the …