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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… pursued as well as the needs of the target group; and (6) Efficiency: outputs are efficient in relation to inputs in … provide light for a household for up to 10 days. Access to energy protects child health and safety by reducing harmful …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… biodiversity and other natural resources; • many forms of energy generation; and • all other activities with potential … pollution, marine mining, boat strikes, disease and tidal energy production.128 The ethics of conservation has recently … Litigation is only one of the channels to achieve efficiency in addressing environmental disputes. The EPL also …
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Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration

… ex- ample, Weitz and Nilsson, 2014, for climate, land, energy and water). As far as we are aware, a similar … such as food, water, medicine, construction materials, energy, transport, shoreline stabilization, coastline … including fishing, shipping, tourism, biotechnology, energy, and other sectors (World Bank, 2013; UNEP, 2006; …
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The Social Dimension of Ecosystem-based Adaptation

… ca. 9 billion people by 20501), food and water insecurity, energy supply shortages and an unsustainable rate of resource …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… to improve projects’ “information base, replication efficiency, transparency, stakeholder ownership, and … out PGAS was that the countries could generate geothermal energy from the Guarani aquifer. All the Signatories to the … Protocol and committed to using alternative sources of energy that do not emit high levels of GHG emissions.337 …
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Investments of development finance institutions: socio-environmental impacts and respect for rights

… many DFI investments are aimed at major infrastructure and energy projects with a high environmental and social impact … and free, prior and informed consent, resource efficiency and the prevention of pollution, etc.; and 3. …
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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… necessity product supply (agricultural products, wood energy and water), erosion, sand encroachment and floods. On … Some of the benefits deriving from urban forests are energy conservation through transpirational cooling (Akbari … process has important implications for household energy consumption patterns in general and wood energy use in …
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In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs

… and tropical storms. At least 70-90 per cent of the energy of wind- generated waves is absorbed, depending on how … is observational and anecdotal, and relates to normal wave energy and storms. The calm lagoons inside reefs and behind … on the ocean are generated by wind, and have most of their energy in the surface waters. The reef flat (the zone of a …
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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector

… indirect drivers (i.e. food, shelter, water and energy needs), and direct pressures on biodiversity. Direct … are often made from petrochemicals that require a lot of energy to produce, though can sometimes be recycled. Fabric … rehabilitated or restored. 21 company to think about the efficiency and sustainability of its product from a lifecycle …
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Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual

… including water and sanitation, education, and renewable energy. SNV uses governance and empowerment concepts to … while at the same time positively channeling the energy of the participant who made the offending comment. Do … effectiveness 2. Policy effectiveness 3. Effectiveness and efficiency of institutions and processes 4. Responsiveness 5. …
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