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The status of natural resources on the high-seas
… Polymetallic Nodules 39 6. Cold Seeps and Pockmarks 45 7. Gas Hydrates 49 8. Submarine Canyons 53 9. Seabirds 59 10. … e.g. CO2 dumping, biotechnology, the exploitation of gas hydrates and hydrothermal vent heat energy. It is … the vast amount of methane situated there and the strong greenhouse warming potential of methane in the atmosphere(3). …
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
… cooperation aimed at accelerating the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions and addressing adaptation to the adverse … mitigation pledges in terms of global annual emissions of greenhouse gases by 2020 and aggregate emission pathways …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… community to reach consensus on how to reduce greenhouse gas emission from deforestation and land degradation. … an international campaign to reduce urban emissions of greenhouse gases The International Institute for Sustainable …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… cooperation aimed at accelerating the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions (para . 27) . SDG Goal 13 aims to strengthen … influences on the climate system caused by emissions of greenhouse gases .203 It is modelled on the Framework …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… the Liberation of Rwanda GDP Gross Domestic Product GHG Greenhouse Gases ICCWC International Consortium on Combating … cause the release of air pollutants, in particular greenhouse gases (GHG), suspended particulate matter, and … Fossil-fuel emissions (e.g. coal, petroleum, natural gas): in particular, the transportation sector (road and …
A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27
… human infrastructure, such as power lines, wind turbines, gas flares and telecommunications masts has been documented … may be the only solution (i.e. reduction in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions), as habitat manage- ment at a … levels of investment will not ensure viable populations if greenhouse gas emissions sur- pass critical thresholds, as …