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… 4: LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS TWAP TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME SUMMARY FOR POLICY MAKERS United Nations … on land and in the sea put LME health and productivity at risk, compromising the sustainability of the natural benefits … change in LMEs. 2.2 Sources of pressure and degree of risk from fisheries vary among LMEs, pointing to the need for …

… MAKERS VOLUME 3: RIVER BASINS TWAP TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME United Nations Environment Programme … for water between sectors and between countries. Relative risk for any of these stresses is high or very high in 41 out … river basins are high and projected to increase. Relative risk for either nutrient pollution or wastewater pollution is …

… Source of administrative boundaries used throughout the assessment: The Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) … study. 2. A large number of islands (71 per cent) are at risk of water scarcity (medium to very low value of renewable … capita), with a peak of 91 per cent for low-lying islands. Risk due to groundwater anthropogenic pollution affects 73 …

… Source of administrative boundaries used throughout the assessment: The Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) … study. 2. A large number of islands (71 per cent) are at risk of water scarcity (medium to very low value of renewable … capita), with a peak of 91 per cent for low-lying islands. Risk due to groundwater anthropogenic pollution affects 73 …

… of corporate ‘water behaviours’ Figure 5: The ‘Water Risk and Action Framework’ of the International Water … Global Water Partnership HSAP Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol IFC International Finance Corporation IFI … from the status of water, currently, as a medium risk, but low priority, to (increasingly) a medium (or high) …

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 5.3.2 Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … the most adequate administrative unit and outplaying the risk of harming due to non-coordinated adaptation efforts. … (e.g., water management, energy, agriculture, health, risk management, biodiversity conservation, etc.) and levels …

… for marginalized or discriminated against groups, who risk suffering the most from climate change (pages 24-27). … sanitation should be considered as crucial components of risk management. 28. Promote a human rights based approach to … Basis, Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …

… on defining who seeks a reward, claims a right, bears a risk or holds a respon- sibility. Keeping a focus on the 4Rs … and roles and responsibilities. A sufficiently thorough assessment of contested issues is needed that is informed by, … to define: who seeks a reward, claims a right, bears a risk, or holds a responsibility. Answering these questions is …

… edited from the work done by the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency (PBL). Alfred Duda contributed in part to … and natural ecosystems are degrading and at further risk from climate change and biodiversity loss. From 1998 to … and, in certain circumstances, may trigger or increase the risk of conflict. The scale of rural transformation in recent …

… Failure to manage groundwater sustainably puts at risk massive benefits for human well-being, sustainable … management Weak water governance in a country puts at risk the health and food security of its people, its econ- … charge, recharge and changes in storage • Much more robust assessment of aquifer under- standing and water balance, but …