Browsing Publications and Documents by Topic "Ecosystems and biodiversity"
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An Analysis of Earth System Approach to the Global Pact for the Environment - International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2019 Chapter 4
(University of Eastern Finland, 2020)‘Earth system’ refers to Earth’s physical, chemical and biological processes interacting with one another. The system consists of the land, oceans, atmosphere and poles. It also includes the planet’s natural cycles – the ... -
Gaps and Opportunities for Synergies in International Environmental Law on Climate and Biodiversity to Promote the Sustainable Development Goals - International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2019 Chapter 3
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2020)The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a new mode of governance through shared goals instead of legally binding international agreements. Nevertheless, global action is required as the sustainability challenges ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Mountain Gorilla in the Greater Virunga Landscape: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)Mountains are an important refuge for biodiversity, providing shelter to many endangered animal and plant species through high altitude and relatively inaccessible landscapes. In Africa, the biodiverse Albertine Rift is a ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Royal Bengal Tiger in Bhutan: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)This brief is one of three in a series that also includes the mountain gorilla and the snow leopard, produced under the Vanishing Treasures programme. Its goal is to highlight how climate change is – and will be – impacting ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Snow Leopard in Central Asia: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)This brief is one in a series that also includes the mountain gorilla and the royal Bengal tiger, produced under the Vanishing Treasures programme. Its goal is to highlight how climate change is – and will be – impacting ... -
The Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative: Clean River, Clean Seas
(2020)The Mayors of the Mississippi River, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme, National Geographic Society and the University of Georgia, launch an initiative to combat plastic pollution along one of ... -
The Siena Negotiations – A Multilateral Simulation Exercise: An international Legally Binding Instrument on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction - International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2019
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2020)This paper describes the elements, structure, course and outcomes of a negotiation simulation exercise for the University of Eastern Finland – UN Environment Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), held in ... -
Strengthening Synergies: How Action to Achieve Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Conservation Targets Can Contribute to Mitigating Climate Change
(2020)The essential contribution of nature to addressing climate change provides an opportunity to strengthen the links between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity. ...