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    Africa COP20 extractive industries
    Cities
    Asia Latin America
    News
    December 18, 2019

    RELEASE: Safe, Affordable Sanitation a Pipe Dream for Too Many Households in Global South

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • waste
    • Cities
    • health
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • waste
    • Cities
    • health
    Cities
    Africa Latin America Asia
    News
    July 12, 2017

    RELEASE: 1.2 Billion People Living in Cities Lack Access to Affordable and Secure Housing

    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    July 12, 2017

    Confronting the Urban Housing Gap

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • Urban Development
    Informal housing in Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Asia
    Research
    December 18, 2014

    Going in the Right Direction?

    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
    Climate
    Africa Asia Europe Latin America North America
    Insights
    November 26, 2014

    What Would Success Look Like at COP 20 in Lima?

    • COP20
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Lima is a major milestone on the path to Paris and the 2015 climate agreement. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
    • COP20
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    January 30, 2014

    4 Insights on Unlocking Finance for Clean Energy Access in Africa

    • Energy
    • climate finance
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Lighting for the base of the Pyramid. | Photo Credit: Frank van der Vlueten, Flickr 2009
    • Energy
    • climate finance
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Freshwater
    A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Freshwater
    Equity & Governance
    Africa North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2013

    Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 31, 2013

    Improving Freedom of Information in Uganda

    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • freedom of information
    • fossil fuels
    • public participation
    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • freedom of information
    • fossil fuels
    • public participation

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