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    Equity & Governance deforestation Energy human rights Data Insights
    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
    North America
    Insights
    January 24, 2023

    2 Years of Justice40: Integrating Environmental Justice into US Climate Policy

    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    Smokestacks in the background of a neighborhood with rowhouses in Baltimore, MD
    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    May 26, 2022

    7 Ways US Cities Can Make Clean Energy Initiatives More Equitable

    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Energy
    Installing rooftop solar panels in upstate New York
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Energy
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    August 18, 2021

    3 Benefits of Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Gender
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    An all-women community forest user group in Nepal.
    • Gender
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    5 Lessons for Securing Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Community forest
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 16, 2020

    China Can Save Forests While Strengthening Its Economic Resilience

    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Bolivian soy plantation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 22, 2020

    Pollution Is a Racial Justice Issue. Let’s Fight it that Way.

    • human rights
    • pollution
    Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate
    • human rights
    • pollution
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 15, 2020

    Mongolia Shows How to Fight for Environmental Justice

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • pollution
    Mongolia
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • pollution
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    September 21, 2020

    Rural Women Must Be at the Heart of COVID-19 Response and Recovery

    • Equity & Governance
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Manioc farmer
    • Equity & Governance
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    September 2, 2020

    3 Hurdles to Racial Justice in Clean Energy – and 3 Ways U.S. Cities Can Overcome Them

    • Cities
    • Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    Orlando at night
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    Energy
    Insights
    April 8, 2020

    A New Nexus Approach to Powering Development

    • Energy
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    solar-water-pumps-karnal
    • Energy
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Insights
    January 10, 2020

    10 Big Changes for Forests Over the Last Decade

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • restoration
    • 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
    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
    July 10, 2019

    Climate Action Will Shape People’s Lives. They Should Have a Chance to Shape Climate Action

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • long-term strategies
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • international climate policy
    climate migration
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • long-term strategies
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • international climate policy
    Energy
    Insights
    June 20, 2019

    Without Solar, Some Indian Doctors Must Operate in the Dark

    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • renewable energy
    • Equity & Governance
    Rooftop solar panels on Sadar Hospital in Hazaribaug, India
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • renewable energy
    • Equity & Governance
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    January 3, 2019

    Bamboo: Malawi’s Unexpected Tool for Climate Change Resilience

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • restoration
    Bamboo nursery
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • restoration
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 7, 2018

    The Yellow Vests Movement Isn’t Anti-Climate Action; It’s Pro-Social Justice

    • Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • COP24
    • climate change
    • human rights
    Paris, France
    • Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • COP24
    • climate change
    • human rights

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