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

… 2°C (medium confidence). This indicates that the area at risk is projected to be approximately 50% lower at 1.5°C … tundra and boreal forests are particularly at risk of climate change-induced degradation and loss, with … and avoided degradation and deforestation, biodiversity management, sustainable aquaculture, and local knowledge and …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… Ecosystem Management Series No. 9 Ecosystem-based adaptation and … agenda, especially in developing countries most at risk from climate change (World Bank, 2010; Eakin and Lemos, … linkages between climate change adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), as well as the need for integrating …
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Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change

… CURRENT VULNERABILITIES OF FRESHWATER RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT; IN THE BACKGROUND, A WATER STRESS MAP BASED ON … consequently belong to the ones who are at greatest risk. However, for these people environmental variability and … such as sustainable water use systems, traditional coastal management or erosion control should be promoted. On a …
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The SHPF toolkit - A toolkit to help you to monitor and report incidents of pesticide poisoning caused by Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulations in your country under Article 6 of the Rotterdam Convention

… alSo HaS THe PoTenTial To conTribuTe To imProved cHemicalS managemenT globally. Article 6 of the Rotterdam Convention … to target resources more effectively and bring about risk reduction. Collecting data will also help your … use. Such practices often have a large bearing on the risk of exposure, such as the example below. Recommended …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Transboundary River Basins: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… for water between sectors and between countries. Relative risk for any of these stresses is high or very high in 41 out … river basins are high and projected to increase. Relative risk for either nutrient pollution or wastewater pollution is … of 286 basins. Improved wastewater treatment and nutrient management in agriculture are needed in most basins. 3. The …
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Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity

… by: IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation Publication Management: Chadi Abi Faraj Printed by: Solprint, Mijas … stated as appearing ‘year after year’ in the ‘very high risk’ category of the Paris MOU; also in this category from … is Syria, with Egypt and Turkey just below in the ‘high risk’ category (IMO DOC FSI 14/7/4, 30 March 2006, …
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IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES

… Species™ IU CN Red List of Ecosystem s measures extinction risk sites of biodiversity importance requiring conservation action measures elimination risk sites with protected status Protected Planet About IUCN … a means of assessing and rewarding good ecosystem management such as through payments for ecosystem services. …
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Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change

… Natural Resources, Mexico), Felicia Mogo (Nigeria Maritime Management and Safety Agency, Nigeria), Geir Wing Gabrielsen … Authority, Seychelles), Sankoh Salieu (Natural Resources Management Specialist, Sierra Leone), Jesús Gago Piñeiro … 155 10. Risk assessment and guideline for selecting measures …
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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… Sustainable Land Management (SLM) approaches … a repeatable and consistent method for assessing the risk of ecosystem collapse worldwide. RLE uses five criteria … dynamics to produce quantitative estimates of the risk of collapse (IUCN, 2015). 4 Halting and reversing Land …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

Handbook of working procedures and policy guidance for the Chemical Review Committee

… the stage for the subsequent description of the underlying risk evaluation. National authorities should ensure that any … legal references, if they are used, are accurate. 2.2. Risk evaluation Purpose: To provide a brief summary (no more … eliminated and therefore a simple explanation of the risk management strategy to deal with existing stocks may be …
17 Jun 2026 Document