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    Equity & Governance climate change human rights Insights
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    May 9, 2016

    Strengthening Indigenous Land Rights: 3 Challenges to “Free, Prior and Informed Consent”

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Pack horse
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    April 6, 2016

    3 Reasons Why Community Land Rights Are Not Legally Secure in Many Countries

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Isangi people on the Congo river
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • 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
    March 7, 2016

    If You Care About the Environment, You Should Care About Gender

    • Gender
    • human rights
    A woman collects firewood in India’s Western Ghats.
    • Gender
    • human rights
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 2, 2016

    A New Global Goal: Doubling Community and Indigenous Land by 2020

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    rice harvesting
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 22, 2016

    Putting Leonardo DiCaprio’s Words into Action: 3 Ways to Ensure Responsible Land and Resource Governance

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Uganda farmer
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 14, 2016

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 4, 2016

    Tackling Climate Change through Budget Transparency

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • human rights
    Dry season bean production in drought-affected Nicaragua. Photo by Neil Palmer (CIAT)/Flickr.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • human rights
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 24, 2015

    When Adaptation Is Not Enough: Paris Agreement Recognizes “Loss and Damage”

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Flooding in Sri Lanka
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 23, 2015

    What Does the Paris Agreement Mean for Climate Resilience and Adaptation?

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    India farmers
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • 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
    Insights
    December 8, 2015

    6 Ways to Make Small Businesses More Resilient to Climate Change

    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate change
    Rural Ghana
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Business
    • COP21
    • climate change
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 6, 2015

    Ensuring Adaptation Finance Accountability

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • human rights
    Climate-smart agriculture in Kenya
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • human rights
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 3, 2015

    3 Ways to Help Developing Countries Get Direct Access to Climate Finance

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Green Climate Fund
    • UNFCCC
    • Paying for Paris
    Bangladesh river boat
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Green Climate Fund
    • UNFCCC
    • Paying for Paris
    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
    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
    Insights
    September 30, 2015

    Setting the Bar for Success at the Paris Climate Summit

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • climate policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/45423546@N07/9003418479/">CIFOR</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • climate policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    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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