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Reforming South Africa's Electricity Sector

By Emily Chessin on September 9, 2008
Location: South Africa

The Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI)—a collaboration of decision-makers and civil society to improve electricity sector governance in developing counties—has launched a new program in South Africa.

G-8 Endorsement of World Bank Falls Short

By Smita Nakhooda on July 11, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

Much of the response to the G8 summit has focused on how leaders of world’s richest countries “missed an opportunity” to lay out strong long-term commitments and targets on greenhouse gas emissions.

Electricity Goverance Initiative Launched in Brazil

By Davida Wood on June 23, 2008
Location: Brazil

EGI offers a new hope for electricity in Brazil.

Building Laws That Work for the Poor

By Remi Moncel on June 20, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

What is the link between the rule of law and poverty?

MEDIA ADVISORY - Madeleine Albright to Discuss U.S. Poverty, Empowerment and the Environment

June 13, 2008

WHAT: The World Resources Institute and the Commission for the Legal Empowerment of the Poor, hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (CLEP), will discuss a new global survey of

Can the World Bank Lead on Climate Change?

June 11, 2008
Location: Washington, D.C.

As the finance ministers of the G8 countries begin their annual meetings this Friday in Osaka, Japan, they are expected to endorse two multibillion dollar funds to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases

Freedom of Information Not Enough to Hold Governments Accountable on Environment

June 5, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

While many national governments have made real progress in honoring their 1992 Rio Earth Summit commitments to better include the public in environmental decisions, a new book released here today in honor of World Environment Day finds that all the countries studied have fallen short in some aspect.

Freedom of Information is Not Enough

By Jon Talbot on June 5, 2008

It would be impossible to identify all the decisions to be made by governments that will affect the environment in different places in the coming years.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Book Launch and Panel Discussion - Voice and Choice: Opening the Door to Environmental Democracy

May 23, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT: In honor of

What Does Environmental Democracy Look Like?

By Monika Kerdeman on April 28, 2008
Environmental democracy is about government being transparent, accountable, and involving people in decisions that affect their environment. 20 countries in The Access Initiative (TAI) network are expanding their work to promote environmental democracy. Here is a summary of what’s ahead in 2008 and beyond.
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