Last month, the Open Government Partnership’s (OGP) newly-established Open Climate Working Group held its first meeting. Chaired by World Resources Institute and the Government of France, the Working Group focuses on harnessing the power of open government to drive the…
A successful Paris Agreement depends on a paradigm shift in how energy is produced. The fossil fuels that power electricity generation around the world produce more than a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Many countries have already pledged to…
Climate change and corruption are the two biggest challenges humanity faces today, and they are inextricably linked. Corruption is a threat to the success of the fight against climate change. The ways in which we tackle these two issues now…
Pakistan is a country of 200 million people, spread across mountain, desert, coastal, arid, and semi-arid eco-systems. Climate change is a relatively new thematic area within the overall governance framework, and is gaining prominence in public discourse. About 28 percent…
En Paquistán habitan 200 millones de habitantes, dispersados a lo largo de montañas, desiertos, costas y ecosistemas áridos y semi-áridos. El cambio climático es un tema relativamente nuevo para el marco de gobernanza y está tomando importancia en el ámbito…
A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world. April’s top OGP stories honed in on the relationship between trust and transparency, as well as the latest in civic tech developments with…
The response to global climate change may be the biggest opportunity for the foreseeable future to direct public funds to poor and vulnerable communities. In December 2015, 195 countries joined the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate…
La respuesta al cambio climático global podría ser la más grande oportunidad para canalizar fondos públicos hacia las comunidades pobres y vulnerables. En diciembre de 2015, 195 países firmaron el Acuerdo de París bajo la Convención Marco de las Naciones…
Country: Liberia Action Plan: 2015-2017 Commitment: Ensure that information on commercial land use rights is made publicly available In the past quarter century, Liberia has been ravaged by civil war and an Ebola epidemic, both of which have severely impacted…
How did you get involved in open government - what is your personal story about why you joined the movement? In 2015, Guatemala went through a process that marked the country's history. The presidential run-off election was characterized by cases…
¿Cómo te involucraste en el gobierno abierto? ¿Qué te llevó a formar parte del movimiento? En el año 2015, Guatemala vivió un proceso que marcó la historia del país. El binomio presidencial que estaba en funciones, fue señalado por casos…
The Environmental Justice Atlas currently has registers of 2,089 cases of socio-environmental conflict due to mining, and oil and gas extraction. This is yet another of the many striking figures that we see everyday about unemployment; malnutrition; displaced, migrant and…
El Atlas de Justicia Ambiental (www. https://ejatlas.org/) registra 2.089 casos reportados a esta fecha sobre conflictos socio ambientales debido a la actividad minera, petrolera y de gas entre otros. Esta terrible cifra es una más dentro de las tantas que…
The statistics are frightening: According to the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer, trust in media stands at 43% - an all time low in 17 countries. Gallup reported in September that Americans' trust and confidence in the mass media "to report…
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