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    Environmental Rights human rights sustainable development goals Initiatives Insights
    Cities
    Insights
    February 15, 2023

    5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    Ocean
    Insights
    April 14, 2022

    5 Ways to Build an Equitable Ocean Economy

    • Equity & Governance
    • sustainable development goals
    • Economics
    • Business
    • Ocean
    Traditional triangle-net fishing off the coast of Taiwan
    • Equity & Governance
    • sustainable development goals
    • Economics
    • Business
    • Ocean
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    April 6, 2021

    A Just Transition to a Zero-carbon World Is Possible. Here’s How.

    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    two men installing solar panels
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    October 27, 2020

    How Partnerships Can Turbo Charge Progress on the SDGs

    • sustainable development goals
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Finance
    The inside of the European Parliament
    • sustainable development goals
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Finance
    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
    Ocean
    Insights
    August 17, 2020

    The Impact of Organized Crime in Fisheries Extends Far Beyond the Ocean

    • sustainable development goals
    • fisheries
    • human rights
    • Ocean
    A small fishing boat floating in the ocean.
    • sustainable development goals
    • fisheries
    • human rights
    • Ocean
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    July 29, 2020

    Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • sustainable development goals
    • electric grid
    • development
    • agriculture
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • sustainable development goals
    • electric grid
    • development
    • agriculture
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Freshwater
    Insights
    January 21, 2020

    It Could Only Cost 1% of GDP to Solve Global Water Crises

    • sustainable development goals
    • Sustainable Development Goal 6
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Water scarcity in Ethiopia
    • sustainable development goals
    • Sustainable Development Goal 6
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    December 5, 2019

    We Predicted Where Violent Conflicts Will Occur in 2020. Water Is Often a Factor

    • Water Security
    • human rights
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Mali water
    • Water Security
    • human rights
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 1, 2019

    What Chile’s Protests Reveal About the Country’s Transport Inequalities

    • Urban Mobility
    • human rights
    • transportation
    Chile protests
    • Urban Mobility
    • human rights
    • transportation
    Finance
    Insights
    October 31, 2019

    What Makes a Partnership Transformational?

    • sustainable development goals
    • Business
    • Economics
    Buses
    • sustainable development goals
    • Business
    • Economics
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    Africa
    Insights
    August 14, 2019

    Closing Sub-Saharan Africa’s Electricity Access Gap: Why Cities Must Be Part of the Solution

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    power line in Kenya
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals

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