Explore the connection between land rights and climate justice
Infographics
Land Rights, Climate Change, and Environmental Stewardship
Vanishing Land: Climate Change, Slow-Onset Disasters, and Land Rights
Secure Land Rights: A Tool for Strengthening Food Security and Climate Resilience in the Global South
Land rights for women flips the script of gendered power—it challenges patriarchy at its root, by fundamentally changing women’s economic, social, and political status. And key to climate action, research shows efforts to protect biodiversity and address climate change are more successful when women have strong land rights.
Research
Women Gaining Ground: Securing Land Rights as a Critical Pillar of Climate Change Strategy
Land Tenure as a Critical Consideration for Climate Change-Related Displacement in Slow-Onset Disaster Zones
Land Rights for People in Rural Areas Can Improve Forest Management, Halt Deforestation
News
At COP27, a Call to Root Climate Action and Justice in Land Rights for Women and Rural Communities
November 07, 2022
In Bangladesh’s Sundarbans, life revolves around coastal mangrove forests. But as climate change effects worsen, livelihoods are under threat. Read about what global actors at COP27 can do amid the deepening climate crisis.
Read ArticleLand and Climate Conversations
October 24, 2022
In November, the world gathers in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). To elevate the voices of our local partners, Landesa spoke with a few of our partners about climate change themes in their work.
Read ArticleLand Tenure: A Cross-Cutting Solution for Poverty, Climate Change, and Women’s Rights
October 13, 2022
If we want to improve lives and alleviate poverty, achieve food security globally, and guarantee human rights and full dignity for all, we must invest in land rights for women.
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