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Global Land Outlook

… are responsible for about 25 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gases, while land degradation is both a cause and … land degradation at the local level as well as increased greenhouse gas emissions, reduced biodiversity, and changes in rainfall …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… Challenge, encouraging Canadians to cut their annual greenhouse gas emissions by one tonne. Republic of Korea hosts the first … that: the Amazon is a net emitter rather than absorber of greenhouse gases; and approximately two- thirds of the carbon …
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Change : Adaptation of water resources management to climate change

… by an average of 0.5 degrees Celsius, owing in part to greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Unless concerted action … to adapt to climate change. Existing commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are insufficient to halt present …
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Securing the future for global peatlands

… to restore biodiversity, reduce emissions and sequester greenhouse gases; TROUBLED that peat is being lost rapidly … such vast amounts of CO2 that this region now contributes greenhouse gas emissions comparable to those of China or the USA, a sign …
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Water-related conflict and security in Southern Africa: The SADC Protocol on shared watercourses

… threats caused by the changing climate as a re- sult of greenhouse gases, and thus took precaution to protect human … and sewage, effluent, ozone-depleting substances, noise, greenhouse gases, etc. Over the years, these have caused … concerns.36 Abundance of valuable resources, such as oil, gas and minerals, has also caused con- flicts between …
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The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers

… threats caused by the changing climate as a re- sult of greenhouse gases, and thus took precaution to protect human … and sewage, effluent, ozone-depleting substances, noise, greenhouse gases, etc. Over the years, these have caused … concerns.36 Abundance of valuable resources, such as oil, gas and minerals, has also caused con- flicts between …
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International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2014

… threats caused by the changing climate as a re- sult of greenhouse gases, and thus took precaution to protect human … and sewage, effluent, ozone-depleting substances, noise, greenhouse gases, etc. Over the years, these have caused … concerns.36 Abundance of valuable resources, such as oil, gas and minerals, has also caused con- flicts between …
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International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2014

… threats caused by the changing climate as a re- sult of greenhouse gases, and thus took precaution to protect human … and sewage, effluent, ozone-depleting substances, noise, greenhouse gases, etc. Over the years, these have caused … concerns.36 Abundance of valuable resources, such as oil, gas and minerals, has also caused con- flicts between …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… Carbon Partnership Facility FIP Forest Investment Program GAS Guarani Aquifer System GEF The Global Environment Facility GHG Greenhouse Gas GLWQA Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement … objective of stabilizing the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) in order to “prevent dangerous …
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Water as a human right?

… in the Lubikon Lake Band Case63 (1990), that oil and gas exploration deprived the Band of its right to live its … global climate has continued to change due to intensified greenhouse gas emissions.79 III. Why link water and human … water management can significantly trigger the release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and thereby contribute further to …
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