Systematic racism and the failure of governments to recognize and respect land rights are at the root of violence leading to the murder of Indigenous peoples around the world, said Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on Tuesday.  “These murders are…

For Ashton Janvier, land and water are the portals to teaching and preserving the Denesuline language, which he says originates from the environment.  “In my culture, everything that we talk about and everything that we teach one another has to do with the land,” said Janvier, an educator and…

Earth’s cornucopia of life has evolved over 550 million years. Along the way, five mass extinction events have caused serious setbacks to life on our planet. The fifth, which was caused by a gargantuan meteorite impact along Mexico’s Yucatan coast, changed Earth’s climate, took out the dinosaurs …

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on…

“Climate change is ravaging the planet… staggering numbers of children and youth – especially girls and young women – still lack access to basic education and healthcare services, [and] people in many countries are starved of economic opportunities, decent work and social protection measures”, she…

The Sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6), the most comprehensive environmental assessment produced by the UN in five years, brought us both good and bad news. The environment has continued to deteriorate since the first GEO-6 report in 1997, with potentially irreversible impacts if not…

On Wednesday, John Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, provided the key to a long-term climate change solution: food. In partnership with EAT and the South Asia Food Nutrition Security Initiative, the World Bank hosted a panel discussion in Washington, D.C. on…

Lançado em 2005, o Minorities Fellowship Programme (MFP) é o programa de formação mais abrangente do ACNUDH para os direitos humanos e os defensores dos direitos das minorias pertencentes a minorias nacionais ou étnicas, religiosas e linguísticas.   No final da MFP, os bolsistas devem ter um…

'Urgency of climate crisis' is seen as demanding push for vast reforestation across U.S. Climate change experts accept that reducing greenhouse gas emissions – even doing so substantially – won’t be sufficient for limiting atmospheric warming to the 2°C (3.6°F) goal of the Paris Climate Agreement…

Having a title, deed or lease is the key that turns informal occupants into citizens, yet 70 percent of the world's people still live without documented property rights The lack of a strong land record keeping system is partially responsible for the slow recovery from Hurricane Maria in Puerto…

At this week’s 20th Annual World Bank Land and Poverty Conference in Washington DC, a new campaign called Stand For Her Land has been launched. “Land rights are a major factor in women’s entrepreneurship, their strength, for their families, their communities, and their countries”, said Kristalina…

Concerned about rising global temperatures and disastrous consequences, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on Heads of State to attend the Climate Action Summit in New York on September 23, and achieve positive change. “Don’t come with a speech, come with a plan,” he said, adding: “…