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    public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    November 13, 2019

    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
    Forests
    Technical Perspectives
    August 26, 2019

    INSIDER: Green Infrastructure Can Save Water Suppliers Money. Now You Can Estimate How Much.

    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water pollution
    Riverside trees in Atlanta's 4th Ward Park. Flickr/DeepRoot
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water pollution
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    July 25, 2019

    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
    Forests
    News
    June 10, 2019

    RELEASE: Companies Can Now Quickly and Accurately Monitor Deforestation Around the World

    • commodities
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Insights
    June 10, 2019

    A New Tool Can Help Root Out Deforestation from Complex Supply Chains

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Oil palm
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Forests
    Insights
    March 21, 2019

    Debunking Myths: 5 Things to Know About Green Infrastructure

    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    green infrastructure
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Climate
    Insights
    March 12, 2019

    Many Companies Inaccurately Estimate the Climate Benefits of Their Products

    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Ball bearings are one of the many products affected by unverifiable claims of avoided emissions. Flickr/jfeathersmith
    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 24, 2019

    Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    indigenous-people-forest
    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 27, 2018

    12 Countries Sign Historic Agreement Guaranteeing Environmental Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 13, 2018

    What if Citizens Set City Budgets? An Experiment That Captivated the World—Participatory Budgeting—Might Be Abandoned in its Birthplace

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 26, 2018

    4 Environmental Activists Are Murdered Every Week. A New Agreement Could Help in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • environmental justice
    • public participation
    Rally in a Colombian town
    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • environmental justice
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 13, 2017

    President Trump’s Global Gag Rule Expansion Threatens Environmental Outcomes

    • U.S. policy
    • environmental democracy
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Women at maternal and child health training
    • U.S. policy
    • environmental democracy
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    January 30, 2017

    President Trump’s First Week: Is Environmental Democracy in Jeopardy?

    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Protest sign from the Women’s March in Washington, D.C
    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation

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