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    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    April 22, 2021

    Restoring Ethiopia's Ecosystems Can Support Livelihoods and COVID-19 Recovery

    • coronavirus
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    A degraded landscape in Ethiopia under a cloudy sky.
    • coronavirus
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    April 28, 2020

    4 Investment Areas to Stimulate China's Economy After COVID-19

    • coronavirus
    • low carbon development
    • natural infrastructure
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Economics
    • Health & Road Safety
    Installation of solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of the Hongqiao Passenger Rail Terminal in Shanghai, China.
    • coronavirus
    • low carbon development
    • natural infrastructure
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Economics
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    October 7, 2019

    Climate Change Is Hurting Africa’s Water Sector, but Investing in Water Can Pay Off

    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Improving water management in African countries can improve climate resilience. Here, Waretu Abera, Head of Ethiopia's Water Land Resource Centre, stands by a stream. Photo by Panos Pictures/Food and Land Use Coalition.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    February 15, 2018

    3 Things Cities Can Learn from Cape Town’s Impending “Day Zero” Water Shut-Off

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • mapping
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Cape Town, South Africa
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • mapping
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    News
    August 30, 2017

    RELEASE: Is the Water Safe To Drink? Without Better Access to Pollution Information, Asia’s Poorest People Don’t Know

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • Freshwater
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    July 31, 2017

    Without Forests, Jakarta's Water Situation Worsens

    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    A flooded marketplace in Jakarta.
    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    April 24, 2017

    The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 10, 2016

    Environmental Justice and Democracy Failures at the Heart of Flint’s Water Crisis

    • Equity & Governance
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Water plant in Flint, Mich.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    November 19, 2015

    New GFW Maps Show Vast Logging, Oil Palm and Plantation Concessions in Sarawak

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • environmental democracy
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Wakx/Flickr.
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • environmental democracy
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    September 2, 2015

    Tianjin Disaster Magnifies Governance Challenges for Public Safety and the Environment

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    A black cloud of smoke rises from vehicles set on fire by the explosion in Tianjin. Photo by Karl-Ludwig Poggemann/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 21, 2015

    A New Way to Measure Environmental Rights Around the World

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Shipbreaking workers in Bangladesh handle asbestos and other dangerous materials. Photo by Adam Cohn/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    May 5, 2015

    3 Steps to Build a Greener, Climate-Resilient India

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • natural infrastructure
    • natural resources
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    Hyderabad, India. Photo by Kara Newhouse, Flickr
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • natural infrastructure
    • natural resources
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    April 21, 2015

    オバマ大統領の2025年GHG削減目標—野心的しかし達成は可能

    • forest monitoring
    • environmental democracy
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    写真撮影: Mingia Zhou/Flickr.
    • forest monitoring
    • environmental democracy
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    March 5, 2015

    Q&A with Alda Salomao: Natural Gas Project Threatens Community Land in Mozambique

    • environmental democracy
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    • natural resources
    Rural women on their way to the market. Photo by Ton Rulkens/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    • natural resources

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