Stories: Governance & Access

When the United Nations wanted help exploring legal empowerment of the poor, it turned to the experts of WRI’s Institutions and Governance Program.

STATEMENT OF JONATHAN SOHN
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE

The Access Initiative looks to expand its work on access to justice, access to information, and access to participation in the Middle East.

The Access Initiative Expands to South Asia, with a New Focus on Poverty and Water

This column originally appeared in Environmental Finance, March 2007.

The proposed $45 billion leveraged buyout of

< p>On Tuesday, President George W. Bush delivered his annual State of the Union address to the nation. The President spent three minutes and thirty-seven seconds on energy policy. He mentioned climate change once.

How did the environment fare in 2006? 10 underreported stories.

Hungary becomes the 8th country to pledge better access to information, justice and participation in environmental decision-making.

For the first time, an International Court decides that citizens have a general right of access to information held by government.