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    North America
    Update
    June 24, 2022

    Trends Show Companies Are Ready for Scope 3 Reporting with US Climate Disclosure Rule

    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    June 16, 2022

    The Draft US Securities and Exchange Commission Climate Disclosure Rule: Eight Myths Debunked

    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • science based targets
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • science based targets
    • climate policy
    Finance
    Latin America Oceania
    Insights
    December 21, 2020

    To Build Back from COVID-19, Don’t Overlook Informal Workers

    • coronavirus
    • climate finance
    • climate impacts
    • poverty
    Tamil Nadu street vendor
    • coronavirus
    • climate finance
    • climate impacts
    • poverty
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    December 20, 2019

    Ensuring a "Just Transition": 5 Priorities to Make Climate Action Benefit Low-Income and Disadvantaged Groups

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A youth group marching in Paris, with a banner that says "climate justice = social justice." Photo by Andreas Link/Young FoEE
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    August 19, 2019

    Hundreds of US Communities Are Making Climate Action Plans, but Few Include Forests

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Forests
    Angeles National Forest
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Forests
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Oceania
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    Mientras los grupos indígenas esperan durante décadas para los títulos de tierras, las empresas están adquiriendo sus territorios

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    North America
    Insights
    August 25, 2016

    It’s Time for US Federal Contractors to Measure their Carbon Footprints

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    United States Department of Energy Forrestal Building
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    News
    November 10, 2015

    RELEASE: First Interactive Global Map of Indigenous and Community Territories Will Help Secure Land Rights Worldwide and Boost Forest Conservation Efforts

    • mapping
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • mapping
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    News
    November 5, 2015

    ADVISORY: New Online Platform on Indigenous and Community Territories to Help Secure Land Rights Worldwide

    • mapping
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • mapping
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Latin America Asia
    News
    December 8, 2014

    RELEASE: Launch of First Global Standard to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities

    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Urban Development
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    News
    July 23, 2014

    RELEASE: Strengthening Community Forest Rights is Critical Tool to Fight Climate Change, Says Major New Report

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • land rights
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • land rights
    Forests
    North America
    Videos
    January 9, 2014

    Global Forest Watch | Conserving Assets, Creating Legacies | Peter Lee at TEDxNairobi

    • Forests
    • mapping
    • land rights
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • land rights
    Climate
    North America Europe
    News
    October 29, 2013

    RELEASE: New Guidance Will Help Financial Institutions Measure Emissions from Lending and Investment Portfolios

    • Business
    • GHG Protocol
    • GHG emissions
    • Finance
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Business
    • GHG Protocol
    • GHG emissions
    • Finance
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 23, 2013

    Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    This week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: poverty and climate change. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 10, 2013

    A New, One-Stop Shop for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data

    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting

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