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    Equity & Governance electric grid poverty public participation
    Forests
    Insights
    May 31, 2018

    For Indigenous Peoples, Losing Land Can Mean Losing Lives

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 19, 2016

    The Future of Open Government

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Paris, France.
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    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
    September 15, 2016

    Indigenous Peoples and Communities Face Growing Barriers to Land Ownership

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Indigenous community in Peru
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    May 24, 2016

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 8, 2016

    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
    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
    Insights
    November 10, 2015

    LandMark: Protecting Indigenous and Community Lands by Making Them Visible

    • Sustainable Development Goal 10
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • poverty
    Up to 65% of the world's land is held by Indigenous Peoples and communities. Photo by Jane Boles/Flickr
    • Sustainable Development Goal 10
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • poverty
    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
    September 18, 2015

    Sustainable Development Goals: Setting a New Course for People and Planet

    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    The unveiling of the Sustainable Development Goals next week will be a milestone moment for our collective future. Photo by US Mission to the United Nations Agencies in Rome/Flickr
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    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

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