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Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming

… The number and availability of adaptation options vary by sector (medium confidence). {Table 3.5, 4.3, 4.5, … or investment banks, as well as the provision of public funds. Government policies that lower the risk of … of private funds and enhance the effectiveness of other public policies. Studies indicate a number of challenges …
20 Jun 2026 Literature

Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… financial institutions, NGOs, and academic, private sector and other stakeholders to further strengthen their … and strives to forge new, more innovative alliances among public sector, private sector, and civil society groups which … Booklets, CD-ROMs and a website will alert the general public to the plight of the ‘Top 50’ Mediterranean plants. …
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Water as a human right?

… an ecosystem approach 27 Content 28 Scope – Duties for the public and private sector alike 31 Concluding remarks 33 Appendix I 35 Legally … Problems. Published by the United Nations Department of Public Information. DPI/2293A December 2002. 4 UNESCO …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… Is judicial activism a proper role for the courts? 61 65 Public interest environmental litigation and the judiciary: … rights, judicial capacity building, the ethics of judging, public interest litigation and whether the courts have a role … to the principles of sustainable development. While each sector has its own legal issues, there are a number of …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… projects have sometimes contributed to the general public good only at the expense of vulnerable peoples’ … has contributed to human well-being by safeguarding global public goods and by maintaining ecosystems services at a … the rights to use wildlife which are leased to a private sector entrepreneur by the Rural District Council. The …
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Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies

… models implemented by different actors such as public agencies, NGOs, private actors and local communities … that activity by which man confronts directly the living sector of his environment.” 12 Box 1 A simplified … 46 As demonstrated by conventional definitions of public goods (characterized by non-exclusion and non-rivalry) …
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