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    Equity Insights
    Equity
    Insights
    August 8, 2019

    The IPCC Calls for Securing Community Land Rights to Fight Climate Change

    • Equity
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Women of Peru's Awajun Native Community of Shampuyacu
    • Equity
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    July 10, 2019

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

    • Equity
    • Climate
    • long-term strategies
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • international climate policy
    climate migration
    • Equity
    • 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
    Rooftop solar panels on Sadar Hospital in Hazaribaug, India
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • renewable energy
    • Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

    Goldman Prize Winner Alfred Brownell Stopped Palm Oil Companies from Destroying Liberian Forests

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    March 8, 2019

    Will Women Build the Sustainable Infrastructure of the Future?

    • Equity
    • infrastructure
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Gender
    Installing a rooftop solar panel in Malawi
    • Equity
    • infrastructure
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Gender
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    February 5, 2019

    For Small Businesses in Africa, Climate Resilience Is an Economic Opportunity

    • Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • restoration
    • Business
    Herders with cattle in Tigray, Ethiopia. Mohammed Bakarr / GEF
    • Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • restoration
    • Business
    Equity
    Insights
    January 23, 2019

    Peru’s Indigenous Communities Manage Their Forests. Others Should Follow Their Lead

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Harvesting sago along the Tuba River in Maluku province, Indonesia
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 27, 2018

    12 Countries Sign Historic Agreement Guaranteeing Environmental Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Equity
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    • Equity
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 13, 2018

    Disaster-Focused Headlines from the Congo Often Hide Signs of Progress

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Ilanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Equity
    Asia Oceania
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    Mientras los grupos indígenas esperan durante décadas para los títulos de tierras, las empresas están adquiriendo sus territorios

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    As Indigenous Groups Wait Decades for Land Titles, Companies Are Acquiring Their Territories

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    March 20, 2018

    Women Get Shortchanged in Commercial Land Deals—Despite National Commitments to Gender Equality

    • Equity
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Woman in Tanzania.
    • Equity
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    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
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • environmental justice
    • public participation
    Rally in a Colombian town
    • Equity
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • environmental justice
    • public participation
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 26, 2018

    4 activistas ambientales son asesinados cada semana. Un nuevo acuerdo regional podría mejorar la situación en América Latina y el Caribe

    • Equity
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • environmental justice
    Rally in a Colombian town
    • Equity
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • environmental justice
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

    • Equity
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Equity
    Insights
    December 20, 2017

    5 Maps Show How Important Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are to the Environment

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    indigenous people
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    November 22, 2017

    India’s Renewable Energy Push: A Win-Win for Job Creation and Electricity Access

    • Equity
    • Energy
    • poverty
    • renewable energy
    Solar engineers in Tinginaput, India
    • Equity
    • Energy
    • poverty
    • renewable energy

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