Delegates to COP15 began meeting this week to discuss a draft framework that will guide the world’s response to a worsening biodiversity crisis. Advocates say that a new approach to conservation based ...

A century or more ago, sanitation improvement was the symbol of progressive government in the world’s most rapidly growing cities. In today’s booming urban settlements, however, sanitation often lags ...

A human rights-based approach to coral reef protection could ensure governments are held to account for safeguarding marine ecosystems. A human rights-based approach to coral reef protection could ...

December 16 - The energy transition towards renewable energy is moving fast, but in many cases, companies are making a fatal mistake: not respecting human rights. This is particularly notable with ...

A human rights-based approach is a conceptual framework for the process of human development that is normatively based on international human rights standards and operationally directed to promoting ...

In the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti last month, thousands of its countrymen are reversing a trend that has dominated life in developing third world countries for decades—they ...

As the demand for critical minerals intensifies with the energy transition, the need for a rights-based approach to mining, focused on respect, is more relevant than ever. This approach relies on ...