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To Fix City Slums, Don't Just Knock Them Down: Involve Residents in Upgrading Efforts

  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • housing
  • poverty
  • public participation
View of one of the many informal settlements the city of Surabaya, Indonesia has upgraded since the 1960s with input and participation from residents. Photo by Peter Edelman.
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • housing
  • poverty
  • public participation

As India Revises State Climate Plans, Who Should Have a Voice?

  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Climate Equity
  • public participation
Kids carrying water in the Indian countryside. Photo by Mr. Fink/Flickr
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Climate Equity
  • public participation
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Why Should Governments Refill the Green Climate Fund's Coffers?

  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
A new solar project funded by the GCF will provide energy to Central Mongolia.
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund

How Do You Pick the Right Adaptation Strategy? 4 Tools Can Help

  • Climate
  • drought
  • Climate Resilience
  • Green Climate Fund
Kenyan farmer
  • Climate
  • drought
  • Climate Resilience
  • Green Climate Fund

6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Paris Agreement
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • Green Climate Fund
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
  • stories to watch
Andrew Steer
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Paris Agreement
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • Green Climate Fund
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
  • stories to watch

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

US, Japan Pledge $4.5 Billion to Green Climate Fund, but Are the Conditions Fair?

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
A flooded rice field in Japan. Photo by Phil Hendley/FLICKR.
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
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How Civil Society Groups Can Help Expand Energy Efficiency

  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • public participation
Involving civil society organizations in the energy efficiency standards and labeling process could increase the uptake of energy-efficient appliances. Photo credit: Acumen Fund, Flickr
  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • public participation

The Green Climate Fund: From Inception to Launch

  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund

Strengthening Ownership and Effectiveness of Climate Finance

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • climate investment funds
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • climate investment funds
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund

New Jakarta Declaration Aims to Strengthen Rights to Environmental Information in Asia

  • Equity & Governance
  • environmental democracy
  • freedom of information
  • human rights
  • pollution
  • public participation
  • Equity & Governance
  • environmental democracy
  • freedom of information
  • human rights
  • pollution
  • public participation
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On Climate Change Adaptation, Put Local Communities First

  • Climate Equity
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • Equity & Governance
  • Gender
  • public participation
  • Climate Equity
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • Equity & Governance
  • Gender
  • public participation
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More Transparency Needed to End Kyrgyzstan Energy Crisis

  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • environmental democracy
  • Energy Access
  • public participation
  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • environmental democracy
  • Energy Access
  • public participation
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Civil Society Groups Help Make Electricity Affordable and Sustainable

  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • environmental democracy
  • Energy Access
  • public participation
  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • environmental democracy
  • Energy Access
  • public participation
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Climate Change Adaptation in Rural India: A Green Infrastructure Approach

  • Climate
  • natural infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • natural resources
  • poverty
  • public participation
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • natural infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • natural resources
  • poverty
  • public participation
  • Freshwater
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset