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Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… human rights of even a 2°C increase in the average global temperature. On World Environment Day, 5 June 2015, 27 … homeless people, the elderly, and women who have to walk long hours to collect water”.12 25. Climate change will … “future impacts of climate change, extending from the near term to the long term, mostly expecting 2°C scenarios, will …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… pollutants’ and polluted areas), as well as a longer term system wide shift in the economy to be low carbon, … to avoid and reduce pollution in the medium and the long term. The Rio Principles and the 2030 Agenda for … • Production of odours; does not remove ammonia-nitrogen; Temperature must be maintained year-round. • Need for …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… on 17 August 2014. For the purposes of this report, the term “international water law” refers to international law … State, however, or even to settle a particular dispute, as long as it endeavours in good faith to resolve the dispute … watercourses and other freshwater bodies.283 As the global temperature rises, droughts and floods will likely become …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… the guide ‘ratification’ is used as a simplified term but may also include ‘accession’, ‘approval’ and … watercourses, contracting parties are obliged to develop, ‘long-term integrated strategies that focus simultaneously, in … effect Observed/ possible impacts Increase in atmospheric temperature Increase in surface water temperature Sea-level …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater