CEOs and business leaders in Latin America have endorsed a new set of principles that both recognises the serious risk that environmental crime poses to ecosystems, economies, and communities and affirms the private sector’s commitment to take concrete, collaborative, and transparent action against such crimes.
The goal of KYT-e, a public and open-access platform available online, is to support sustainable businesses that generate positive impact and help curb illicit economies. Green enterprises, responsible investors, and public authorities now have a tool that helps projects and impact-driven businesses navigate the main
The Igarapé Institute´s newest report unveils BRICS’s potential to play a key role in reforming global governance and addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis. BRICS should deepen cooperation, leveraging existing innovations in areas like renewable energy and biodiversity conservation. The New Development Bank (NDB)
Los datos actualizados de la plataforma EVA muestran un aumento del 22% en las tasas de violencia sexual en cinco años y destacan la necesidad de políticas preventivas eficaces. Datos de la plataforma EVA (Evidencias sobre Violencias y Alternativas para Mujeres y Niñas), desarrollada por
País registra un aumento en todas las formas de violencia no letal contra las mujeres Las cifras de 2023 muestran un aumento del 11% en las tasas de violencia sexual y del 22% en las tasas de violencia psicológica contra mujeres en solo un año
CALI, Colombia: The International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) today launched its Framework for high integrity biodiversity credit markets. The Framework lays the foundation for how biodiversity credits, a financing mechanism, can be harnessed to drive much needed investment towards the conservation and restoration
Discussions, platforms, and agreements established during Climate Week must be connected to future global milestones, including the G20 and COP30 in Brazil Rio de Janeiro, October 3, 2024 – As it happens every year, New York once again hosted Heads of State, diplomats, experts, private
With active participation in high-level discussions, Igarapé leads agendas on global governance, digital space, development financing, climate and nature, connecting the discussions in New York to upcoming global milestones, such as the G20 and COP30. Starting this week, New York City will host high-level
Most artificial intelligence (AI) policies and practices have been developed in and for the Global North—contributing to a growing divide between the countries that influence global AI governance and the countries that do not. If global AI governance continues to predominantly exclude the Global South,
New Capacity Building and Information Sharing Efforts Will Help Protect the Amazon WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition welcomes the recent announcement by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen of the new Amazon Region Initiative Against Illicit Finance, which will target
A new report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Igarapé Institute examines the bioeconomy of eight Amazonian countries and showcases opportunities to create sustainable economic alternatives for the almost 50 million people living in the region. The report provides new insights on ways
May 2024 Recent findings from the Homicide Monitor demonstrate that Latin American and Caribbean cities exhibit persistently high homicide rates compared to other regions. Cities are powerful indicators of the progress of nations. When cities prosper, so do the prospects of countries. When they
On November 17, global temperatures exceeded 2°C for the first time compared to pre-industrial levels. At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2023 (COP28) in Dubai, the Igarapé Institute is presenting an agenda of information and proposals to address the global climate emergency, with
Bulletin launched at COP28 details a simple and intuitive system to incentivize those who protect standing forests. The study contributes to the debate brought about by the “Tropical Forests Forever” plan announced by the Brazilian government in Dubai. The collective future, of people and
Igarapé presents a contribution to the global mechanism for the protection of tropical forests. Bulletin launched at COP28 details a simple and intuitive system to incentivize those who protect standing forests. The study contributes to the debate brought about by the “Tropical Forests Forever”
On November 17, global temperatures exceeded 2°C for the first time compared to pre-industrial levels. At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2023 (COP28) in Dubai, the Igarapé Institute presents an agenda of information and proposals to address the global climate emergency, with a
Research reveals the violent daily life that has already victimized 765 defenders of the Brazilian Amazon in the last 10 years. The Igarapé Institute’s report presents the challenges of the region in the voices of women leading the fight for the environment and human
The Minister accepted Igarapé’s invitation to continue the discussions at a parallel event within the scope of the G20. In the morning of this Tuesday (19th), the Igarapé Institute, in partnership with the Amazon Concertation and the Brazilian Coalition on Climate, Forest and Agriculture, welcomed
The research “We are vitórias-régias” was developed and executed with a group of 13 advocates representing the struggles of women from the Amazon basin in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. Learn more about them. Click here to download as a PDF Ângela Mendes (Acre, Brazil)
A new report from the Igarape Institute delivers a snapshot of the scope and scale of the migration and displacement challenges ahead Rising temperatures and extreme weather are increasingly determining where and how people live. Heat waves, droughts, forest fires, hurricanes, and storms
Exhaustive field research from Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana and Suriname highlights the ways in which criminal actors and networks are contributing to illegal deforestation and environmental degradation Because illegal deforestation does not respect borders, InSight Crime and the Igarapé Institute have launched an investigation into
From the Amazon Basin to equatorial Africa and Asia, some of the world’s largest and most biodiverse habitats are facing unprecedented threats. Environmental crime has gone global, posing existential risks not just to some of the world’s signature biomes but also to the international quest
Nearly half (45%) of Federal Police interventions from 2010-2021 targeted illicit acts on protected areas and indigenous lands A new study by the Igarapé institute analyzing more than 300 Federal Police operations between 2016 and 2021 found that environmental crime in the Amazon region
Exhaustive field research from Peru highlights the ways in which criminal actors and networks are contributing to illegal deforestation and environmental degradation Peru’s 70 million hectares of rainforest are being razed at an alarming rate. In 2020, the country saw a record 203,000 hectares
Igarapé Institute co-founder and president Ilona Szabó has been named to the newly created High-Level Advisory Board of the United Nations Secretary-General. She joins 11 other publicly acclaimed figures including former heads of state, sitting government authorities and eminent scholars who will be tasked
The organization releases a new video to mark its anniversary Launched ten years ago, the Igarapé Institute is more prolific and impactful than ever. On its tenth anniversary the Institute is expanding its engagement with climate security and digital security alongside public security. The
A series of randomized control trials in six countries evaluate whether community policing improves security A vexing question facing all countries is how they can best reduce crime and improve public security? A common response is to deploy police, including sending officers to work
The new stories will be available on the interactive platform EcoCrime Data; the organization will also participate in panels The Igarapé Institute releases today (November 8th) at COP26 (Glasgow) ten news stories on its EcoCrime Data platform, each of which tells a distinct tale about
Rio de Janeiro’s public security authorities must stop relying on lethal interventions as a policing strategy May 7th – Rio de Janeiro The Igarapé Institute is deeply saddened by the brutal killing of 25 people, including a law enforcement officer, during a police
As part of this launch, the Igarape Institute is releasing a new report – The Ágora is under attack: a typology for the analysis of the closure of civic space in Brazil and in the world
Este artigo analisa as práticas atuais em padrões e benchmarking para a agricultura de soja, pecuária e extração de madeira.
A new study by Igarape Institute, Future Crime, highlights the evidence on crime prediction tools. It also provides an overview of the opportunities and pitfalls of new technologies to fight criminality and states recommendations to ensure transparency and accountability.
Prison Populism finds that Latin America will likely sustain the world´s highest proportion of inmates for the foreseeable future.
March 2018 This week sees the Instituto Igarapé’s launch of its Forced Migration Monitor, bringing unprecedented research into the phenomenon of forced displacement in Brazil. Refugees represent less than 0.005% of the Brazilian population, but another kind of migrant accounts for a much larger
New publication by Igarapé Institute discusses possible paths for a Cuban drug policy reform Cuba has one of the lowest violence rates in the Caribbean and Latin America. However, when it comes to drugs, it has one of the more punitive policies in the region
10 November, 2017 City specialist and co-founder of the Igarapé Institute, Robert Muggah, sets out six ways for urban centers to address the global migration crisis, terrorism, and climate change. His TED talk “How Cities Can Become More Resilient” was released yesterday, 9 November, and is available here. Watch
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