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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… Sulphur Protocol and subsequent protocols, has been the reduction in acidification, or “acid rain”, which was causing … Significant progress has been achieved in the areas of risk reduction, governance, capacity building and technical … in coastal communities in the developing world (Seas at Risk 2016). Freshwater Access to clean drinking water and …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… desertifi cation/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and sustainable development: the contribution of … 248 DESERTIFICATION RISK ASSESSMENT IN MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS IN LATIN AMERICA … Drought, water and hydrology DROUGHT AS AN INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND PLANT YIELD MODELS IN HUNGARY MÁRTON, LÁSZLÓ …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… A/HRC/31/52 8 Particularly at risk are agricultural and construction workers as well as … 8 per cent of the global population will see a severe reduction in water resources with a 1°C rise in the global … State, the State must provide an adequate response to the disaster, to ensure that the legal framework designed to …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Nations Environment Programme 2017). Pollution puts at risk the possibility of achieving these outcomes and hence … development and immune system Water and air purification, reduction of plant biomass, altered climate regulation … contributed between 1 million and 30 million tons of disaster waste per incident (United Nations Environment …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015)

… climate change and build resilience to drought; reduce the risk of forced migration and conflict over dwindling natural … response to drought disasters to proactive drought risk reduction based on early warning and preparedness – …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

The Land in Numbers

… Competition over water resources could cause a global 18% reduction in the availability of water for agriculture by … rest of the century. 38 • By 2050, the number of people at risk of hunger as a result of climate change is expected to … http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2012/03/natural-disaster-review-ferris 41. IFAD: Desertification, 2010, p.2, …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… protect those who are most vulnerable to, or at particular risk from, environmental harm (framework principles 14 and … They are among the human rights defenders most at risk, and the risks are particularly acute for indigenous … than 1.5 million could have been prevented through the reduction of environmental risks. Moreover, exposure to …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… dual track of actions: • Targeted interventions, based on risk assessments and scientific evidence of impacts, to … pollutants based on what could be done to reduce their risk to human health and ecosystems. Possible near-term … Convention) Chemicals/Pollutants International pollution reduction action already agreed (mainly through multilateral …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… for assisting and financing investments in pollution reduction, and the Border Environmental Cooperation … Areas are: Climate change, biodiversity, water resources, disaster prevention and relief. is a Regional Trade Agreement … the funding basis for the UN Environment Programme may risk to remain uncertain, unstable and unpredictable. As a …
01 Sep 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… deaths in more countries 8 Key Questions 10 > Who is at risk? 10 > What’s driving the attacks? 10 > Who is … dire warnings from scientists, who foresaw environmental disaster when the dam was granted its licence a decade … and Protection of Customary Communities through REDD+ (Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest and …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance