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

… the key findings of the Special Report, based on the assessment of the available scientific, technical and … 2°C (medium confidence). This indicates that the area at risk is projected to be approximately 50% lower at 1.5°C … tundra and boreal forests are particularly at risk of climate change-induced degradation and loss, with …
21 Jun 2026 Literature

Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… 3: Biodiversity Loss and Species Extinction – Managing Risk in a Changing World 16 Coping with Climate Change in the Mountains 17 Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment 18 Global Monitoring in Alpine Environments 19 … 3) Biodiversity loss and species extinction – managing risk in a changing world 4) Markets, business and the …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… or development. In cases where conservation activities risk making poor people worse off, there are ethical and … unavoidable, especially when conservation activities risk negatively affecting poor people by transferring the … activities needs to take account of social impact assessment, particularly the impacts of activities on poor …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… there is also a need for the judiciary to engage in an assessment of its own overall structure, procedures and … are choices necessitating decisions not only about how risk should be regulated, how much protection is enough, which risk should be regulated, how much to spend in controlling …
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Water as a human right?

… ESA/P/WP.165, February 2001). 83 UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme, at … 20 101 WHO and UNICEF. “Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report” at: … processes, monitoring, environmental impact assessment and enforcement mechanisms.134 The right to remedy …
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Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies

… in Zimbabwe. The final case study in chapter 5 is an assessment of the creation and impact of participatory … and social criteria, though they then run the risk of being eliminated due to their lack of competitiveness … not integrate the global economic dynamic, they faced the risk of being left aside and further exploited by rich …
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