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6 Ways to Bring Land Expropriation Laws Up to International Standards

  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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

Environmental Justice and Democracy Failures at the Heart of Flint’s Water Crisis

  • Equity & Governance
  • Freshwater
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Water plant in Flint, Mich.
  • Equity & Governance
  • Freshwater
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • Water Quality
  • water risk

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

  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Pack horse
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Restoring Africa’s Degraded Lands by Improving Farmers’ Rights

  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Restoration at work on Ethiopia’s steep slopes
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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

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
A woman collects firewood in India’s Western Ghats.
  • Gender
  • human rights

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

  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping
rice harvesting
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping

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

6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

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

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

LandMark Puts Indigenous Peoples and Other Communities on the Global Map

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • natural infrastructure
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Maasai tribe in the Serengeti National Park.
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • natural infrastructure
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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

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
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India farmers
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

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
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  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
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  • UNFCCC

Time for Leaders to Lead on Climate

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  • International Climate Action
  • U.S. Climate
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • climate science
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  • Climate
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  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • climate science
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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

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

What’s In a Name? Paris Agreement's Legal Form Explained in 7 Questions

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • GHG emissions
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
Green Zone at COP21, Paris. Credit Deborah Zabarenko
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • GHG emissions
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement