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    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 16, 2016

    From Paris Agreement to Paris Declaration: Open Government’s Climate Action Role

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Young girl walks across a makeshift bridge in Pakistan
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    November 28, 2016

    Using Open Government for Climate Action

    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • environmental democracy
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • international climate policy
    • public participation
    • UNFCCC
    Meeting on climate change in Burkina Faso
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • environmental democracy
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • international climate policy
    • public participation
    • UNFCCC
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 22, 2015

    After Paris, Making Good on Climate Commitments Requires Good Governance

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • public participation
    • UNFCCC
    Eiffel Tower
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • public participation
    • UNFCCC
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    October 27, 2015

    Open Government Partnership: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Accountability and Transparency

    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    The Open Government Partnership can help support implementation of the 17 SDGs. Photo by Josh Estey/Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    August 18, 2015

    4 Real-World Challenges to Environmental Democracy

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Outdoor air pollution caused the deaths of 3.7 million people under the age of 60 worldwide in 2012. Photo by Leo Fung/Flickr.
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    June 11, 2015

    Why Are Environmental Rights So Hard to Assess?

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Environmental democracy means that citizens have rights to information, public participation and justice. Photo by Annette Berhardt/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    May 26, 2015

    Environmental Democracy: An Essential Right for the 21st Century

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Phnom Penh's air pollution is so serious it may be damaging historic sites, yet there is no air quality information available to the public online. Photo by Allie Caulfield/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 21, 2015

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    May 20, 2015

    The Best and Worst Countries for Environmental Democracy

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    A community meeting in Ghana. Photo by waterdotorg/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    News
    May 20, 2015

    RELEASE: Major New Index Ranks Environmental Democracy in 70 Countries

    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 18, 2015

    Q&A with Mark Robinson: The Role of Good Governance in Sustainable Development

    • Climate Resilience
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    A governance lens offers a powerful impetus for promoting reforms in policies and programs for sustainable development. Photo by CCAFS/Flickr
    • Climate Resilience
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 20, 2014

    New Tool Reveals How Jamaica’s Development Projects Impact People and Planet

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • protected areas
    • public participation
    Cataboo, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica. Photo by Sergel Mutovkin/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • protected areas
    • public participation
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    December 18, 2013

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    July 16, 2013

    Strengthening Cameroon’s Forest Governance: 3 Key Challenges for Cameroon’s REDD+ Process

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • deforestation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • deforestation
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 31, 2013

    Improving Freedom of Information in Uganda

    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • freedom of information
    • fossil fuels
    • public participation
    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • freedom of information
    • fossil fuels
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 9, 2013

    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
    Asia
    Insights
    May 6, 2013

    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
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    April 24, 2013

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    April 15, 2013

    An Action Plan for Environmental Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • poverty
    • public participation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • poverty
    • public participation

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