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Why Africa Needs Open Legislatures

This post was co-written with Gilbert Sendugwa, Coordinator and Head of Secretariat for the

A number of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries recently took a huge step forward in ensuring environmental democracy for their citizens.

Consider this blog post to have been written hastily on the back of a cocktail napkin. Not really, of course, as my handwriting is increasingly poor in this digital age.

A version of this post originally appeared on The Access Initiative&#8217

WRI’s The Access Initiative created its “Sunita” video to bring attention to the environment

This post was co-authored with Elizabeth Moses, an intern with The Access Initiative.

This post was co-written with Gilbert Sendugwa, Coordinator and Head of Secretariat for the

Rio+20 Text Offers Hope for Improving Governance

The main focus of the formal negotiations at Rio+20 is the outcome document, “The Future We Want.” The text, which

As leaders in government, business and civil society prepare to head to Rio de Janeiro for the UN Sustainable Development Summit, known as Rio+20, experts from the World Resources Institute will host a press call to discuss issues and expectations for the meeting.

This piece was written with Catarina Freitas, a Brazilian legal intern with WRI’s Institutions and Governance Program.