Only a quarter of land on Earth is substantively free of the impacts of human activity. This is projected to decline to just one tenth by 2050. The implications of such a drastic change in the natural environment for human health...
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Sustainable and Disaster-resilient Development in Vulnerable Countries Context : The degradation of ecosystems – such as forests, wetlands, coastal and marine systems, and drylands – is a major driver of disaster risk and a key...
This brief highlights the intricate linkage between environmental degradation and conflicts and the potential of climate change to increase the risk of conflicts. The brief uses the case of South Sudan to demonstrate this feedback...
Three West African countries – Benin, Mali and Togo – have participated in the project ‘ Energy, Ecodevelopment and Resilience in Africa (EERA)’, which offers lessons to other countries on approaches that can be taken toward a...
Publication Date: 2014
Publication Date: 31 March 2014 The Working Group II contribution to the AR5 (WGII AR5) has 30 chapters, a Technical Summary, and a Summary for Policymakers. This report considers the vulnerability and exposure of human and...