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Why Are Women Left Out of Land Decisions, Despite Gender Equity Laws?

  • Equity & Governance
  • Gender
  • human rights
  • land rights
Indigenous women, Philippines
  • Equity & Governance
  • Gender
  • human rights
  • land rights
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Paris Agreement: Getting Closer to “Entering into Force” this Year

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Solar panels in Baleia, Brazil.
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Slum in Bangkok,
  • Buildings
  • Cities
  • human rights
  • poverty

6 Ways to Bring Land Expropriation Laws Up to International Standards

  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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Paris Agreement Takes First Steps Forward at Bonn Climate Talks

  • International Climate Action
  • COP22
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Bonn, Germany
  • International Climate Action
  • COP22
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Countries’ Clean Energy Commitments, by the Numbers

  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
Wind turbines in Panama.
  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • renewable energy

4 Big Reasons Why Land Rights Matter

  • Paris Agreement
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
A farmer in Babati, Tanzania.
  • Paris Agreement
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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Housing along the canals in Bangkok.
  • human rights
  • poverty
  • Urban Development
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Climate Adaptation Gains Momentum, Both Politically and Practically

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Morro do Cantagalo
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

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

Strengthening Indigenous Land Rights: 3 Challenges to “Free, Prior and Informed Consent”

  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Pack horse
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

What’s Next? EU, US and Colombia Show They’re Moving Forward with the Paris Agreement

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Going Green Conference
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
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How Dozens of Businesses, Cities and Other Non-State Initiatives Will Help Countries Deliver Their Climate Goals

  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • Business
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Wind turbines in California.
  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • Business
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Getting Over the Finish Line: 4 Ways for the Paris Agreement to Come into Effect

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry signs the Paris Agreement.
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Carbon Capture and Storage: Prospects after Paris

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Smog from a Chinese coal plant. Photo by Xiaoliang Yang/WRI
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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6 Climate Milestones Since COP21 in Paris

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
2015 was the warmest year on record, and 2016 is expected to be as warm or warmer.
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

3 Reasons Why Community Land Rights Are Not Legally Secure in Many Countries

  • human rights
  • land rights
  • natural resources
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Isangi people on the Congo river
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • natural resources
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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Papua New Guinea Is First Country to Finalize National Climate Plan Under Paris Agreement

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
Papua New Guinea’s coastal village of Hanuabada.
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC

Death of Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres Underscores the Need for Environmental Democracy

  • environmental democracy
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • poverty
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Berta Cáceres works with the people of Rio Blanco to set up a road blockade in protest of a dam.
  • environmental democracy
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • poverty
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities