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    Africa North America Food Loss and Waste natural resources
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    January 25, 2022

    3 Façons de Lutter contre les Pertes et le Gaspillage des Aliments en Afrique

    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    In Rwanda, women’s cooperatives organize farmers to both improve agriculture and the environment.
    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    January 25, 2022

    3 Ways to Tackle Food Loss and Waste in Africa

    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    In Rwanda, women’s cooperatives organize farmers to both improve agriculture and the environment.
    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Africa
    Update
    December 23, 2021

    South Africa: Strong Foundations for a Just Transition

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Men in safety attire walking with others out of store
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Tonawanda, New York, United States: The Closure of the Huntley Generating Station and Community-led Efforts for a Prosperous Future

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Finance
    River with bridge and kayaks
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Finance
    North America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    USA: Federal Funding to Support Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) in Coal Communities

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Rooftops with trees
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Kentucky, USA: A Coal Mining Tax Supporting Economic Diversification in Appalachia

    • JT Sector: Finance
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Coal trains
    • JT Sector: Finance
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Canada: National Task Force on Just Transition for Coal Power Workers and Communities

    • JT Sector: Electricity
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Technician wearing safety hat and carrying solar panel
    • JT Sector: Electricity
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    June 11, 2020

    Africa’s Restoration Entrepreneurs Aid in COVID-19 Response

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    A man working on a farm.
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    Food
    Europe North America
    News
    February 23, 2017

    ADVISORY: Press Call: The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste with Tesco CEO Dave Lewis

    • Business
    • Finance
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Business
    • Finance
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    North America
    Insights
    February 10, 2017

    In a Broken Food System, Consumers Have More Power Than They Realize

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Farmers’ market in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    North America
    News
    January 26, 2017

    RELEASE: New Partnership Working to Reduce U.S.Food Waste by 50 Percent

    • Business
    • agriculture
    • U.S. policy
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • U.S. policy
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    April 10, 2015

    California Sleepwalks into Water Crisis

    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    California's drought has dragged on for four years. Photo by Yana Edwin Murphy/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    March 20, 2015

    4 Property and Land Rights Issues, Explained through Videos

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A farmer in Mali irrigates his crops. Photo by Tingju Zhu/IFPRI
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 18, 2015

    3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    When land rights are weak, indigenous peoples can lose access to critical resources like forests. Photo by rbairdpccam/Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    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
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    July 15, 2014

    Tar Sands Threaten World’s Largest Boreal Forest

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    Canada’s boreal forests feature mountain ranges; forested plains, bogs, and peatlands; coniferous and mixed forests; and millions of waterways. Photo credit: Ken Owen, Flickr
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Data
    January 14, 2014

    Rights to Resources Interactive Map

    • mapping
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • mapping
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    December 11, 2013

    Overlapping Land and Natural Resource Rights Creates Conflict in Africa

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    In much of Africa, companies' and rural communities' property rights overlap, creating conflict. Photo credit: T. Samson/CIMMYT
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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