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Los nuevos compromisos construyen a la Iniciativa 20x20, lanzada en COP 20 en Lima para restaurar bosques y mejorar la productividad agrícola de la tierra degradada en América Latina y el Caribe
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by Thomas Damassa and Krisztina Pjeczka - December 02, 2015To really understand what each country’s climate plan means for national emissions—and to trust that they’re on track to meet it—you need clear and complete information. A new paper finds that eight top emitters could go further in creating transparent plans.
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by Nancy Harris - December 01, 2015More than ever, governments, companies and civil society organizations are committing to ambitious goals to protect the world’s remaining forests and combat emissions from deforestation.
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by Nancy Harris and Sarah Alix Mann - December 01, 2015GFW Climate shows that between 2001 and 2013, greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation across the world’s tropical forests were larger than Russia’s annual emissions. And that's just one finding of many.
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BRASILIA, BRAZIL (November 19, 2015)– The World Health Organization (WHO) released the Declaration from the Second Global High-level Conference on Road Safety: Time for Results. The Declaration recommends a set of actions to improve road safety through stronger management, legislation and enforcement. WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities is a member of the United Nations Global Road Safety Collaboration and has provided expertise on the connection of sustainable mobility and road safety.
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The relatively modest investments needed to secure the forest rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities will generate significant returns—economically, socially and environmentally—according to a working paper, which finds that protecting forest rights in Guatemala and Brazil will avert 5.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
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by Erin Gray and Peter Veit - November 04, 2015Community forests serve as a vital source of livelihood, nutrition and medicine for the world's Indigenous Peoples. New research shows these forests have another advantage: generating billions of dollars in benefits for rural peoples and society.
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by Erin Gray, Peter Veit, Juan-Carlos Altamirano, Helen Ding, Piotr Rozwalka, Iván Zúñiga, Matthew Witkin, Fernanda Gabriela Borger, Andrea Lucchesi, Paula Carvalho Pereda and Keyi Ando Ussami - November 2015Evidence is growing that tenure-secure community forests are associated with avoided deforestation and other ecosystem-service benefits. There are also economic and social benefits connected to communal management.
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by Deeba Yavrom, Benoit Lefevre and David Leipziger - October 28, 2015Brazil has what may seem like a fortunate problem: public finance is too readily available for transport projects, and this can undercut the market and crowd out private investment. A successful example of private investment in public transport is Sao Paulo's Linha 4, which integrates disparate transit systems and improves access to jobs.
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by Benoit Lefevre and David Leipziger - October 2015High rates of motorization and urbanization, particularly in developing countries, underpin strong growth in the transport sector. Burgeoning demand has made transport the world’s fastest-growing source of carbon emissions.
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by Sarah Parsons - October 21, 2015An interactive StoryMap provides a visual look at the Yudja, one of many indigenous groups who sustainably manage Brazil's Amazon rainforest.
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by Viviane Romeiro and Rachel Biderman - September 30, 2015This week Brazil formally submitted its climate plan, also known as its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC). The country’s INDC comes on the heels of joint climate change declarations it’s made in recent months with China, Germany and the United States, showing that the country is committed to a creating a successful international climate agreement in Paris later this year.
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Brazil formally submitted its contribution to United Nations climate talks today. The plan includes a commitment to reduce GHG emissions 37% by 2025 and 43% by 2030 – both below 2005 levels. The plan also includes a goal to eliminate illegal deforestation and restore and restore 12 million hectares of land, as well as increase use of renewable energy.
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by Viviane Romeiro and Rachel Biderman - September 21, 2015Como o sétimo maior emissor de gases do efeito estufa, o Brasil tem as ferramentas e políticas necessárias para assumir a liderança no combate contra as mudanças climáticas. Esta oportunidade chega em um momento crucial para o país: seu plano nacional do clima - Contribuições Pretendidas Nacionalmente Determinadas (INDC, da sigla em inglês) – deve ser apresentado daqui há alguns dias como parte das negociações climáticas globais, quando uma crise econômica, seca e incerteza energética afetam suas decisões domésticas.
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by Viviane Romeiro and Rachel Biderman - September 21, 2015Brazil, the world’s seventh-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, has the relevant tools and policies it needs to become a leader in the fight to deal with climate change. This opportunity comes at a pivotal time for Brazil: its national climate plan—its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)—should be submitted within days as part of global climate negotiations, while a national economic crisis, drought and energy uncertainty inform Brazil’s decisions at home.
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New study recommends radical shift in energy policies in Brazil to improve integration with climate goals
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by Viviane Romeiro, Taryn Fransen and Oswaldo Lucon, Professor of the Environmental Energy Institute of São Paulo University and Technical Advisor at Environmental Secretariat of São Paulo State - September 2015Until recently Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions have been dominated by deforestation and land use change. But good progress in reducing deforestation and rapid growth in energy use have shifted this balance so that emissions from land use change and energy are roughly equal.
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by Caroline Donatti - September 09, 2015WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer reveals his expectations for Brazil's Mayor’s Summit and Congress, as well as what local leaders can do to mitigate climate change.
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by Mikaela Weisse and Rachael Petersen - September 03, 2015Brasil e Indonésia fizeram grandes esforços para diminuir o desflorestamento em anos recentes mas, em 2014, registraram aumento na perda de árvores, de acordo com novos dados divulgados pelo Global Forest Watch.