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    Equity & Governance Latin America Climate Gender
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Update
    December 6, 2022

    Profiles of Adaptation: Uruguay

    • Climate
    • adaptation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    People walk along the beach at Atlántida Departamento de Canelones, Uruguay
    • Climate
    • adaptation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Update
    July 7, 2022

    Profiles of Adaptation: Colombia

    • adaptation
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 30, 2021

    Improving Water Security Helps Reduce the Gender Gap in Mexico City

    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    A woman selling snacks from a cart in the middle of a busy plaza in Mexico City.
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    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
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 27, 2019

    Chile’s Protests Offer Lessons on Social Inequality and Climate Action

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Protests in Santiago, Chile
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 17, 2019

    In a Small Amazonian Community, Agroforestry Takes Off

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Gender
    Planting native trees in Juruti. Joana Oliveira/WRI Brasil
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Gender
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 7, 2016

    Protecting Indigenous Land Rights Makes Good Economic Sense

    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • Climate
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    River in Colombia
    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • Climate
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Data
    October 6, 2016

    INFOGRAPHIC: Why Invest in Indigenous Lands?

    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 4, 2015

    Community Forests: Good for the Environment, Good for the Economy

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    The Yudja are one of many indigenous groups who call the Brazilian Amazon home. Photo by André D’elia
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 2, 2015

    To Achieve New Climate Targets, Countries Should Look to Community Forests

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    Research shows that communities can be good protectors of forests. Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights

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