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Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human rights of our generation, posing a serious risk to the fundamental rights to life, health, food and an adequate standard of living of individuals and communities across the world. This report aims to support government and private decision makers by assessing the relationship between climate change and human rights law. While the United…

The main components, expected results, actions and activities, and governance were overall agreed by workshop participants. It was agreed that Global Soil Partnership (GSP) Secretariat will produce a final clean version of the plan taking up all those agreed elements. This version will be send back to INSII members for their final consideration.. It is expected that any final comment shall not…

In order to be able to address the challenges represented by the wide range of issues contained in the 17 SDGs and their 169 targets, it will be necessary to call upon the managerial capacities of businesspeople and their teams. Simultaneously, these challenges represent an opportunity to offer services that respond to new demands and markets. We are experiencing a time of change and there…

Climate change is increasingly viewed as a security issue. In 2007, a report by the CNA Corporation Military Advisory Board generated broad attention for analyzing climate change as a matter of national and international security. The latest CNA report of 2014 concludes that climate change poses a risk to national security and accelerates global political conflicts. See references to all chapters…

Drylands make up about 43 percent of the region’s land surface, account for about 75 percent of the area used for agriculture, and are home to about 50 percent of the population, including many poor. Involving complex interactions among many factors, vulnerability in drylands is rising, jeopardizing the livelihood for of millions. Due to complex interactions among many different factors,…

The “International Conference on Drought Research and Science-Policy Interfacing” was the final event of the EC-funded project DROUGHT-R&SPI: Fostering European Drought Research and Science-Policy Interfacing. The event aimed to discuss drought related research and the advances on response policies in order to foster the development of Drought Policies and Plans to reduce risk and…