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    Climate Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities Towards a More Equal City water pollution
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 19, 2023

    Ending Deforestation in the Amazon Can Grow Brazil’s GDP — But That’s Not the Only Reason to Do It

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Climate
    Silhouette of a man standing in a river surrounded by trees in the Amazon rainforest.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Climate
    Climate
    News
    December 21, 2022

    World Resources Institute and Global Environment Facility to Host New Secretariat for the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People

    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Blasket Islands.
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 9, 2021

    Why Aren't Countries Reporting Environmental Defender Killings?

    • Environmental Rights
    • environmental justice
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Cleared land in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
    • Environmental Rights
    • environmental justice
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Insights
    November 29, 2021

    It’s About Time: The Climate Community Invests in Securing Community Land

    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    A large patch of lemongrass in the Chisapani Community Forest
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    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
    Climate
    Africa
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Morocco: Fuel Subsidy Reform Designed to Support a Just Transition to Renewable Energy

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Finance
    • Paying for Paris
    Person riding bicycle down brick street
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Finance
    • Paying for Paris
    Climate
    Latin America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Mexico: Policymaking to Ensure Energy Justice in Renewables Development

    • JT Sector: Renewables
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Windmills
    • JT Sector: Renewables
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    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
    Europe
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    European Union’s Just Transition Mechanism: Transnational Funding and Support for a Just Transition

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Finance
    • JT Sector: Renewables
    Flags
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Fossil Fuel Extraction
    • JT Sector: Finance
    • JT Sector: Renewables
    Climate
    Africa
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Egypt: Transitioning Away from Subsidizing Fossil Fuels

    • JT Sector: Finance
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • Paying for Paris
    Baker standing in front of pita breads
    • JT Sector: Finance
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • Paying for Paris
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 25, 2021

    4 Ways Indigenous and Community Lands Help Fight Climate Change

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    December 16, 2020

    5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    • COP26
    People gather in the middle of a Monterrey street during sunset
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    • COP26
    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    5 Strategies that Achieve Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Simultaneously

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Reroroja village
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    December 20, 2019

    Ensuring a "Just Transition": 5 Priorities to Make Climate Action Benefit Low-Income and Disadvantaged Groups

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A youth group marching in Paris, with a banner that says "climate justice = social justice." Photo by Andreas Link/Young FoEE
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    August 8, 2019

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

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Women of Peru's Awajun Native Community of Shampuyacu
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    June 18, 2019

    Local Communities Aren’t Just Climate Victims. They’re Climate Adaptation Leaders

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Community farming in Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Oceania
    Insights
    May 9, 2019

    From Mangroves to Tin Roofs: Fiji Uses Built and Natural Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation

    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    • health
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    A house on stilts on the outskirts of Lautoka City, Fiji
    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    • health
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution

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