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Desertification: the invisible frontline

… communities on a global scale. as the effects of climate change undermine livelihoods, inter-ethnic clashes are … Mauritania, senegal, Morocco and eritrea. Without a proper adaptation scenario, the prospect of conflict and … Climate and Atmosphere …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

The Land in Numbers

… • Over 70% of all countries in the world declare that climate change impacts – like land degradation and drought - are … a simple approach that everyone can understand and follow. Adaptation powered by the land is a good starting point … Climate and Atmosphere …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

… save US$2 trillion by 2050. Global efforts to protect the climate and ozone layer received a boost with the … � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 653 Decisions on climate change�� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � … in reducing use and emissions in line with the technical adaptation timetable developed in collaboration with the …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

… in the physical environment or biota, including changes in climate, which have significant deleterious effects on human … any modifications of the ozone layer and any consequent change in UV-B radiation on natural and synthetic materials … between dose, dose rate, and response; photorepair, adaptation, and protection; (iv) Studies of biological action …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… (e.g. non-catalyst petrol or diesel engines). This may change with the employment of new technologies (e.g. … gaseous emissions that may contribute significantly to climate change, to the formation of tropospheric background … designed, other effects on the environment (e.g. global climate change) and on human health should also be taken into …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation

… and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) through the International Climate Initiative (IKI). Published by: IUCN, Gland, … 1.2 Disasters, Climate change and ecosystem-based approaches … risk reduction, to have more effective climate change adaptation in the targeted sites. This flagship project is …
18 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… John H. Knox, on the human rights obligations relating to climate change. In this report, he describes the increasing attention … infringe upon those rights and stating that mitigation and adaptation measures should be developed in accordance with …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… Union for Conservation of Nature) Global Forest and Climate Change Programme Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland … 2.5 Nature-based Solutions for climate change … 3.2.1 Ecosystem-based adaptation
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Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0

… 1.3 What is the timescale of planning? 12 1.4 Planning and climate change 12 1.5 Moving from the intention to plan to actual … (PVA) 90 6 Climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning 91 6.1 Background 91 6.2 Incorporating …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming

… of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate … vulnerability, and on the choices and implementation of adaptation and mitigation options (high confidence) (Figure …
18 Jun 2026 Literature