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Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development

… sustainable development issues, such as the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, for instance. While both are relevant for … in key vulnerable areas and sectors ➢ Growing trend of greenhouse gas emissions within and beyond the energy sector …
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Raising awareness of climate change: A handbook for government focal points

… are directly responsible for only a small proportion of greenhouse gas emissions, they must persuade businesses, communities and … can be used to raise the cost of activities that emit greenhouse gases or create vulnerabilities to climate change …
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Blue Carbon Policy Framework: Based on the discussion of the International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group

… as appropriate, of sinks and reservoirs of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, … by sources, removals by sinks, and reservoirs of all greenhouse gases, including emissions and removals from … to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands.” Chapter 4 of the supplement will …
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Third report on the protection of the atmosphere

… of the word (such as in the context of mineral or oil and gas resources), any polluter in fact exploits the atmosphere … climate change, by limiting its anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and protecting and enhancing its greenhouse gas sinks and reservoirs ... taking into account …
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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… global. These costs can include dust storms, floods and greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon stored in soil is higher than the … (Houghton, 1995). Roughly one-quarter of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions come from the agriculture, forest …
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The development of international environmental law at the Multilateral Environmental Agreements’ Conference of the Parties and its validity

… to the operation of the system for trading in emissions of greenhouse gases. The use of the word “rules” suggests that … would not meet its objective of stabilising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at safe levels, the CoP became the primary …
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Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… latitudes tend to exhibit lower emissions. A desk-study of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from creation of hydropower reservoirs in … the World Commission on Dams. Delmas, R. 2005. Long term greenhouse gas emissions from the hydroelectric reservoir of …
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Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)

… is critically important, particularly for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but such efforts need to be supplemented by … of restora tion. Conducting a CARBON-ACCRUAL analysis The greenhouse gas abatement cost curve was first published by …
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Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

… of the oceans, associated with the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere GBO-3 also warned that … take into account the full impacts of biofuel crops on greenhouse gas emissions, land use change and biodiversity is important …
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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… Recreation Water regulation Carbon storage Avoiding Greenhouse Gas emissions by conserving forests: USD 3,7 trillion (net … expensive, thus discourages consumption and emissions of greenhouse gases. A law that rationed gasoline would leave no …
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