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… jeopardize the health and productivity of land: higher carbon emissions and temperatures, changing rainfall … poor countries, food loss is primarily due to the lack of storage and transport while in wealthy nations, food waste is … require shifts away from resource-intensive production, carbon-intensive processing and transport, land-intensive …

… to the stress of drought, some are experts in water storage or water harvesting whilst others lie dormant through … water-holding capacity is heavily reliant on soil organic carbon and therefore depleting organic carbon through poor land management leads to lower soil …

… the evolution from own use to shared use. In 2015, the Carbon Trust pointed to businesses simultaneously living in … of detail required before 2009). 8 Formerly called the ‘Carbon Disclosure Project’ but, with its broader remit … to look for ways to adapt their operations (production, storage and distribution of goods and services) to fit the …

… Our distribution policy aims to reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint. Water in crisis i The greening of water … purifying water and detoxifying wastes, sequestering carbon, buffering against weather events and climatic … processes, well-functioning aquifers can also serve as storage reservoirs for future use, prevent land subsidence, …

… in 2004 recorded an unprecedented surge in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. The value of 379 parts per … Calcium carbonate plays an important role in regulating carbon sequestration in oceans. Increased CO2 uptake gives … partners to focus on the development of carbon capture and storage technologies. A ministerial meeting of the forum in …

… to sediment loading, chemical composition, total organic carbon content, and microbial quality.2 Climate variability … forests, aquifers, lakes, and wetlands, provide water storage; wetlands filter water; rivers provide conveyance and … Component 4 - Develop capacities of basin actors to obtain carbon funds.129 All of the above efforts help pave the way …

… reduces natural discharge and can also deplete groundwater storage. Groundwater can be contaminated where recharge water … discharge and abstraction. Determination of an aquifer’s storage capacity, transmissivity, hydraulic conductivity and … can result in elevated nitrate, chloride, and organic carbon concentration and, in some cases, to faecal contamina- …

… FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility FIP Forest Investment Program GAS … from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, enhancement of carbon stock, sustainable management of forests, and … is one of the world’s largest groundwater reservoirs, with storage capacity of around 37,000 cubic kilometres and a …

… 41–50; Harri Laurikka and Anna–Pia Schreyögg, ‘The Global Carbon Market – a Disappearing Vision?’ Review 2010, 51–64; … ‘Brazil’s National Policy on Climate Change and the Carbon Market’, Review 2010, 163–182; Ed Couzens, … resources-based weaknesses they cite ‘building balancing storage’, the ‘transfer [of ] water between water-rich and …