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Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… warming of 1.5°C and 2°C above pre- industrial levels. The level of confidence associated with each key finding is … further long-term changes in the climate system, such as sea level rise, with associated impacts (high confidence), but these …
Water as a human right?
… says that “[s]tates should undertake, at the national level, all necessary measures for the realization of the … empower a person to invoke protections. However, with the rise of constitutionalism globally, courts increasingly view … biodiversity is widely in decline. The Aral Sea had lost 75% of its total volume by 1998 due to the …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… capacity building at a national, regional and global level, to create a global network of judges and to promote … and government may be expected, from time to time, to give rise to disputes requiring judicial intervention. Among other … atten- tion focused on the integrated Mediterranean-Black Sea system); and the protection of flora and fauna, wildlife …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… for this unique partnership to do just that, but the level of commitment and active involvement of each member … from the fact that almost all of the world’s major rivers rise within them. They are the source of much of the world’s … upper slopes are clothed in cloud forest. Winds from the sea cool as they rise up the mountain’s slopes, moisture …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… 90 Negotiated landscapes 91 Negotiation and level playing fields 94 Conclusions 98 Chapter 5. Structures, … the broader landscape (including orchards, canals and the sea) is being managed, conserved and sustained. Local efforts … initiatives such as these. It is better to allow them to rise from the efforts of local people. A more useful role is …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… What are the important questions to be asked at the level of situation analysis? Where do we lack knowledge that … of Florence Nuoffer IUED-Geneva Table of contents 1 The Rise of Socially Responsible Conservation … terms, relegating monetary indicators to the second level. 18 Institutional economics focuses its analysis on the …