Land corruption seriously threatens efforts to fight climate change and achieve a fair energy transition. By undermining climate programmes, projects and practices, it fuels increased carbon emissions and negative climate outcomes. It weakens tenure security and contributes to human rights violations. By channelling funds and resources towards elites, and supporting harmful or poorly managed projects, land corruption also erodes the legitimacy and credibility of the climate agenda, reducing popular support for vital action.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2023Sub-Saharan Africa
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesApril, 2023Sub-Saharan Africa
Urban planners are entrusted with the power to make critically important, long-term decisions that determine the future development of cities and towns around the world. The decisions they take shape the urban environment and directly affect the lives and livelihoods of entire communities.
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesJuly, 2018Global
This guidance document is an overview of key steps and considerations for the design and implementation of effective independent REDD+ governance monitoring systems. It draws on a growing body of experiences and case studies undertaken by CSOs within and outside the Transparency International movement, and across different tropical forest countries.
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Findings from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Zambia
Reports & ResearchMarch, 2019Africa, Zambia, Liberia, Sierra LeoneFrom forced eviction to loss of livelihood, social status, savings and even life, land corruption in Africa has serious and far-reaching consequences. Such corruption comes in many forms, and it must be understood – along with the factors that enable it – before it can be tackled.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchSeptember, 2018Global
Transparency International’s experience shows clear links between the issues of land governance, women’s rights, corruption and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These links are especially prevalent in lower-income countries, where people’s reliance on their land is greatest, and land governance and women’s rights are often weak – as highlighted in our 2018 resource book Women, Land and Corruption.
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Resources for Practitioners and Policy-Makers
Reports & ResearchMarch, 2018AfricaWomen, Land and Corruption is a collection of unique articles and research findings that describe and analyse the prevalence of land corruption in Africa — and its disproportionate effect on women — pr
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesMarch, 2018Africa
The training manual provides a complete course for journalists – covering all aspects of researching, constructing, and presenting a land corruption story – which can be downloaded (for free) and used by trainers with or without prior experience of investigating land issues. It is intended for anyone that provides training or capacity-building for journalists including facilitators, trainers, lecturers and teachers.
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