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A woman resident of the Kibati camp of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) carries a bag of food ration distributed by the World Food Programme in collaboration with the non-governmental organization, CARITAS.
© UN Photo
environment

The effects of the production and the use of agrofuels on human rights: the right to food

Arid land
© UNPhoto
environment

The effects of the production and the use of agrofuels on human rights: the right to water

A Kirghiz family at the foot of the Kongur mountains in Xinjiang, China.
© UN photo
environment

The effects of the production and the use of agrofuels on human rights: the indigenous peoples' right to land and territory

A Sudanese student drinks and washes her face at a new water fountain in a primary school for girls
© UN Photo
environment

The effects of the production and the use of agrofuels on human rights: the indigenous peoples’ right to natural resources

Artic ice viewed from aboard the Norwegian Coast Guard vessel, "KV Svalbard", during Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to the Polar ice rim to witness firsthand the impact of climate change on icebergs and glaciers.
© UNPhoto
environment

Agrofuels and climate change: a false solution

A local farmer harvests sorghum produced from seeds donated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) through the "Improving Seeds" project.
© UNPhoto
environment

The worldwide production of agrofuels

Logo Agenda 2030 per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

An Analysis of The Critiques to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: The Contribution of the Encyclical Laudato Si’ of Pope Francis

Women's meeting in the Peasant Reserve Zone Perla Amazónica - Puerto Asís (Colombia)
© Yaku
women

Women’s cuerpo-territorio: a space of domination and resistance against patriarchal extractivism

Panoramic view of Lake Charvak, a huge artificial reservoir created by erecting a stone dam on the Chirchiq River - Uzbekistan
© Vladimir V. Burov
environment

Selected Problems of Implementation of the Espoo Convention: On the Example of the Republic of Uzbekistan

View of the melting Collins Glacier in Antarctica, showing the effects of climate change.
© UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
climate change

The Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage: the Economical-Political Blockade and Future Prospects for Reparations against Climate Change Impacts

A woman plants some seeds while taking part in a Sahelian plants grow testing and reforestation project in Malamawa village, Zinder Region, Niger on July 30
© FAO/Luis Tato
Land Rights

Land grabbing: what does it truly mean?

People at the marketplace of Lolachat in Uganda
Uganda

Think Globally, Act Locally: Building Rural Climate Resilience in Karamoja, Uganda

Sign in which is written "Water is a human rights".
© Anne Hoffman
water

Human Rights, Water and Development: what role for the United Nations?

African woman in the countryside with goats.
© Kenya © IOM 2011/Brandan Bannon
climate change

Towards a climate migration governance: the new challenge of the 21st century

© Centro Diritti Umani
environment

The Evolution, Status and Future Position of American Environmental Policy: environmental action at the domestic level and in the context of international cooperation (2010)