In 2025, Panama introduced the Nature Pledge as a 10-year framework that aims to unify climate change, biodiversity, and land-restoration commitments into one national agenda. It represents Juan Carlos Navarro’s…
Juan Carlos Navarro’s efforts are best understood as attempts to fight the fragmentation of the country’s institutions and replace it with coordination. Across Panama’s environmental agenda he is not solely…
In 1985, Juan Carlos Navarro made a defining decision for the rest of his career. He had just completed a Master’s in Public Policy at Harvard and came from a…
Despite being directly responsible for only 0.045% of global greenhouse gas emissions, Panama plays a major role in international environmental policy. It has made several efforts on mitigation of the…
Vanessa Nakate is a Ugandan climate activist who advocates for a humanitarian approach to the climate crisis, emphasising urgent action for vulnerable communities and greater inclusion of Africa in global…
Uganda is considered one of the most vulnerable countries to the climate crisis, despite contributing minimally to the global greenhouse gas emissions. Uganda’s ranking based on 2023 Notre Dame Global…
Vanessa Nakate’s involvement in climate justice started as a passion cultivated through personal formation and realisations about the effects of climate change suffered by the very people she is surrounded…
Vanessa Nakate has gone beyond awareness and advocacy to support community-based solutions, addressing Uganda’s environmental challenges. In addition to her activism around climate justice and the disproportionate impacts of climate…
On the one hand, the Vash Green Schools project, the #stopEACOP agenda, and The Rise Up Movement have had tangible implementations with quantifiable results that have been beneficial for the…
The Blue Map transformed scattered environmental records into one main database, allowing for easy public access to data. The Blue Map has expanded nationally, now covering millions of enforcement records,…