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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 … managing and restoring natural coastal ecosystems, and infrastructure reinforcement (medium confidence). {3.4.5, … community-based adaptation) and urban areas (e.g., green infrastructure, sustainable land use and planning, and …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… in the resources that attract tourists; not just physical infrastructure, but also landscapes and cultures. A key … quantity, the sedimentation of reservoirs and irrigation infrastructure, reduced agricultural productivity, and severe … in the water sector focus on constructing and maintaining infrastructure to abstract, store, and distribute water. This …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… by governments, sectoral development and large-scale infrastructure projects, and macro-economic reform have all … value — of natural ecosystems (Box 5). Large-scale infrastructure development often has negative impacts on the … approaches adopted militaristic tactics and infrastructure, described by later critics as “fortress” …
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Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies

… 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 … to community needs, and the provision of other infrastructure. ‘Pro-poor conservation’ in Masoka Ward is …
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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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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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