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HotSpots H2O: ‘Global Indigenous Agenda’ Calls for Water, Land, and Resource Governance at 2021 IUCN World Congress

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Guiding the summit’s discussions was the newly released “Global Indigenous Agenda for the Governance of Indigenous Lands, Territories, Waters, Coastal Seas and Natural Resources,” authored by the IUCN Indigenous partner organizations. A measure of success from this summit would be a change in the tune of future government decisions.

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Future Trends in Climate Litigation Against Governments

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National governments are the most important systemic actors in the governance of climate action, primarily because they are the only actors with the ability to adopt economy-wide decarbonization measures. Over 80 government framework cases have been filed around the world, using a wide variety of legal and factual arguments.

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Can we govern large-scale green infrastructure for multiple water benefits?

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In a recently published paper , we explore the emerging possibilities of green infrastructure through a governance lens, focusing on large scale implementation. Our findings suggest that LSGI projects face intertwined governance challenges that flow from their core strength: LSGI’s multi-benefit nature. Cano Pecharroman et al.

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What’s Up With Water – December 20, 2021

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Federal government and water agencies in the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada have responded with a $200 million agreement. Half of the funds will come from the water agencies and half from the federal government. Lake Mead reached a record low in 2021. Water districts also plan to reduce withdrawals.

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What’s Up With Water – August 2, 2021

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—— In Argentina, government officials declared an emergency over the dwindling Parana River, the country’s most economically significant waterway. —— In Saudi Arabia, the government suspended a $2 billion sale of a stake in the world’s largest desalination plant.

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China Approved More Coal Power in First Three Months of 2023 Than in All of 2021

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Provincial governments in China approved more new coal power in the first three months of this year than they did in all of 2021, according to a new analysis from Greenpeace. Read more on E360 →

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What’s Up With Water – September 20, 2021

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When diplomats and government ministers converge on Glasgow this fall, they hope to rekindle pivotal negotiations on global climate that were dampened during the pandemic. The trick to selling these sorts of projects to government ministers, Muruven said, is to treat them not as environmental work but as planks in a development strategy.

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