Where possible Capacity Global works with like-minded organisations, developing partnerships that have increased our capacity to engage with environmental justice issues in a meaningful way. Capacity Global networks and international coalitions, listed below are proving to be instrumental in providing advocacy services on key environmental justice issues.

Below are details of our networks and partnerships.

PP10 & TAI
Both PP10 and TAI have their roots in the 1992 ground breaking Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, where 178 governments, in Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration, agreed that 'environmental issues are best handled with participation of concerned citizens, at the relevant level'. A decade later at the World Summit of Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg this principle was reaffirmed and translated into a practical initiative that is the Partnership for Principle 10 and TAI.

Capacity Global is the UK NGO coordinator for the Partnership for Principle 10 (PP10) and The Access Initiative (TAI). Funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Capacity Global worked with the FCO to co-host the 2005 annual PP10 meeting attended by more than 80 delegates from all over the world.

New video: Access to environmental information

Poor people in developing countries often rely heavily on their immediate environment for their livelihoods and as a result, are the most exposed to environmental risks and degradation.

In practice they are usually under-represented or absent from decision making processes regarding their environment and the natural resources that sustain their communities.

However, in 1992 at the UN Conference on Environment and Development, governments agreed on an idea.

In principle 10 of the Rio Declaration they called for public access to information, participation in decision-making and access to justice as key principles of environmental governance.

Only when these principles are protected by the law and embodied in government practices can decisions be equitable, responsive to people's needs and environmentally sustainable.

On the basis of various interviews, FIELD’s 20 minute film on principle 10 reflects on some of the work under way to improve environmental decision making, existing barriers and challenges.

Principle 10: Public participation in environmental decision making.

Black and Green - integrating race into the environment agenda t - House of Lords (page 6 of newsletter) download

former CRE - Regeneration and Environmental Equality Report link (found on the Equal Opportunities and Human Rights Commission website publication page).

Capacity & Env Agency, Thames Region: Diversity on Board (Seminar - link)

If you would like information on the DEEN Network, including details on how to join, contact: policyadvocacy@capacity.org.uk

The UK Environmental Justice Network (UKEJ Network)
Capacity is a co-founder of the UK Environmental Justice Network that works with members, community groups, NGOs and the private and public sector to lobby and campaign for environmental justice in the UK.  If you would like information on the UKEJ Network, including details on how to join contact: policyadvocacy@capacity.org.uk