environmental justice
Speaking truth to power: the journey of youth in bolstering environmental rights in Southeast Asia
This piece follows three young advocates and activists as they work towards a regional policy for environmental rights with the ASEAN Environmental Rights Working Group – highlighting both their potential and the challenges they face in driving meaningful change.
The ASEAN Declaration on Environmental Rights: whose rights and what rights?
Indigenous Peoples face huge challenges in participating in official decision-making processes. This piece explores how the ASEAN Declaration on Environmental Rights has provided few opportunities for Indigenous Peoples to fully and meaningfully engage with the first-ever regional instrument that brings together human rights and the environment in Southeast Asia.
IPBES Values Assessment – Decisions Based on Narrow Set of Market Values of Nature Underpin the Global Biodiversity Crisis
Explore the key findings of the IPBES Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature, and learn about the different ways in which nature has been, and is currently being, perceived and valued. To improve peoples' understanding of this, the report introduces a novel and comprehensive typology of nature’s values.
The Importance of Equitable and Fair Access to Climate Finance as a Theme at COP26
Local communities in the global south face the greatest impacts of climate change. They provide climate solutions based on their local knowledge without being targeted by climate finance funds.
Climate Adaptation: Accounts of Resilience, Self-Sufficiency and Systems Change
A collection of case studies from around the world that look at how communities can respond to climate change at a local and structural level.
Accelerating adaptation action in Africa – Insights from African experts
In late 2020, CDKN interviewed leading African scientists and climate change adaptation practitioners. This consultation highlighted key areas of investment for unlocking adaptation in Africa and includes a series of videos that explores climate change adaptation entry points and options for Africa.
The Big Climate Movement
Three experts and eight climate activists dissect the complex interactions between migration and climate change in this 12-episode video series.
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: Emerging Research on Traditional Knowledge and Livelihoods
This publication seeks to inspire greater discussion and research in the field of traditional knowledge, seen through the dual lens of the world of work and social justice.
Key reports for the CC&E Network 2014-2016
These publications provide insights and learning on key topics in climate change mitigation, adaptation and sustainable development, and highlight areas for future research and policy development.
Webinar: How to make poor people less vulnerable to (climate change related) natural disasters
In this webinar Stephane Hallegatte explores the link between extreme weather and extreme poverty that underscores the urgency for policies that better protect the world’s most vulnerable.