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    Climate
    Update
    August 8, 2022

    UN Human Rights Council Underscores the Need for Loss and Damage Action Ahead of COP27

    • united nations
    • human rights
    • Climate Governance
    • Climate
    UN Geneva meeting in session
    • united nations
    • human rights
    • Climate Governance
    • Climate
    Equity
    Insights
    December 9, 2021

    Why Aren't Countries Reporting Environmental Defender Killings?

    • Environmental Rights
    • environmental justice
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    Cleared land in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
    • Environmental Rights
    • environmental justice
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    Equity
    Insights
    August 18, 2021

    3 Benefits of Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Gender
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    An all-women community forest user group in Nepal.
    • Gender
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    Climate
    Insights
    April 6, 2021

    A Just Transition to a Zero-carbon World Is Possible. Here’s How.

    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    two men installing solar panels
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    Equity
    Asia
    Podcasts
    March 8, 2021

    Empowering People Against Pollution

    • podcasts
    • pollution
    • Environmental Rights
    • podcasts
    • pollution
    • Environmental Rights
    Equity
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    5 Lessons for Securing Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Community forest
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Equity
    Insights
    October 22, 2020

    Pollution Is a Racial Justice Issue. Let’s Fight it that Way.

    • human rights
    • pollution
    Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate
    • human rights
    • pollution
    Equity
    Insights
    October 15, 2020

    Mongolia Shows How to Fight for Environmental Justice

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • pollution
    Mongolia
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • pollution
    Equity
    Insights
    September 21, 2020

    Rural Women Must Be at the Heart of COVID-19 Response and Recovery

    • Equity
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Manioc farmer
    • Equity
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Ocean
    Insights
    August 17, 2020

    The Impact of Organized Crime in Fisheries Extends Far Beyond the Ocean

    • sustainable development goals
    • fisheries
    • human rights
    • Ocean
    A small fishing boat floating in the ocean.
    • sustainable development goals
    • fisheries
    • human rights
    • Ocean
    Equity
    Initiatives
    January 17, 2020

    Defending Earth’s Defenders Initiative

    Silas Matoke and his wife Yordana Yawate, pose for photograph as they harvesting sago known as 'pangkur' on the banks of the Tuba river in Honitetu village, West Seram regency, Maluku province, Indonesia on August 22, 2017.
    Water
    Insights
    December 5, 2019

    We Predicted Where Violent Conflicts Will Occur in 2020. Water Is Often a Factor

    • Water Security
    • human rights
    • Water
    • water risk
    Mali water
    • Water Security
    • human rights
    • Water
    • water risk
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 27, 2019

    Chile’s Protests Offer Lessons on Social Inequality and Climate Action

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Protests in Santiago, Chile
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 1, 2019

    What Chile’s Protests Reveal About the Country’s Transport Inequalities

    • Urban Mobility
    • human rights
    • transportation
    Chile protests
    • Urban Mobility
    • human rights
    • transportation
    Equity
    Insights
    August 8, 2019

    The IPCC Calls for Securing Community Land Rights to Fight Climate Change

    • Equity
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • restoration
    Women of Peru's Awajun Native Community of Shampuyacu
    • Equity
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • restoration

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