Publications
The Access Initiative (TAI)
Ensuring that citizens have the right and ability to influence decisions about their natural resources.
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A Community Action Toolkit: A Roadmap for Using Environmental Rights to Fight Pollution
by and -Pollution threatens the lives and livelihoods of billions of people around the world, particularly low-income communities and communities of color. Working with civil society organizations across six countries, WRI created new toolkit to support locally led efforts to secure the basic human right to a clean, healthy and safe environment.
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Fighting for Clean Air Around the Globe: Air Quality Workshop Outcome Document
by -This document synthesizes key insights and entry points to address air pollution and its range of environmental, public health, and socioeconomic impacts from a multi-stakeholder workshop hosted by WRI and partners.
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Thirsting for Justice
Transparency and Poor People’s Struggle for Clean Water in Indonesia, Mongolia, and Thailand
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Environmental Democracy Index
by and -The environmental democracy rights of access to information, public participation, and access to justice in environmental matters have gained currency as key drivers of informed, accountable decision making and citizen empowerment.
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A Seat at the Table
Including the Poor in Decisions for Development and Environment
by and -For more information, and to watch a webcast of the launch of "A Seat at the Table," visit the Access Initiative website.
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Voice and Choice
Opening the Door To Environmental Democracy
by , , , , and -This publication represents the culmination of several years of research, experimentation, and reform by governments, civil society organizations, and industry in implementing access to information, public participation, and access to justice in decisions that
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Assessing Access to Information, Participation, and Justice for the Environment
A Guide
by and -The Access Initiative (TAI) has developed a unique methodology allowing users to assess implementation of several "access principles" as they relate to environmental decision-making - access to information, access to participation, access to justice, and capacity-building.
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Closing the Gap
Information, participation, and justice in decision-making for the environment
by , , and -This report addresses the status of access to information, participation, and justice in nine countries -- Chile, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, and the United States.
