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    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Democratic Republic of the Congo Enables Forest-based Communities to Secure Land Rights

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Community consultation in Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Brazilian Cities Begin to Reshape Urban Areas Through Sustainable Mobility Plans

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Commuters use Bus Rapid Transit system in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photo by EMBARQ Brasil, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Cities
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    India Takes Landmark First Step to Cut Road Fatalities in Half by 2020

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    • Health & Road Safety
    Traffic and pedestrians in Mysore, India. Photo by EMBARQ India, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    • Health & Road Safety
    Finance
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    WRI Informs China’s Groundbreaking Green Finance Roadmap

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Financial billboard in Shanghai, China. Photo: iStock
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Energy
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Mexico and Mexico City Introduce Energy Efficiency Standards for Buildings

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    High-rise construction in Mexico City. Photo by Lars Plougmann, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    African Countries Commit to Restore More Than 63 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Farmers and officials at a tree nursery in Nyandarua County, Kenya. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Climate
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    WRI Supports Adoption of Landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Laurent Fabius celebrate adoption of the Paris Agreement. Photo by United Nations, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Insights
    December 21, 2016

    Shifting to a Clean Energy Economy Would Bring Billions in Economic Benefits, Shows New Report

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • Business
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • GHG emissions
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    Wind turbines
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • Business
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • GHG emissions
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    December 20, 2016

    What Do the G20 Countries’ Climate Targets Mean for Their Future Emissions?

    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Men installing solar panels in Shanghai
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    December 19, 2016

    Debunking 4 Myths About Sustainable Investing

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Stock market ticker
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 19, 2016

    The Future of Open Government

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Paris, France.
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Technical Perspectives
    December 19, 2016

    INSIDER: 6 Ways to Spur Global Climate Action in 2017

    • Climate
    • COP22
    • climate change
    • UNFCCC
    • Climate
    • COP22
    • climate change
    • UNFCCC
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 16, 2016

    From Paris Agreement to Paris Declaration: Open Government’s Climate Action Role

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Young girl walks across a makeshift bridge in Pakistan
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Climate
    Africa Oceania
    Insights
    December 15, 2016

    How Do You Pick the Right Adaptation Strategy? 4 Tools Can Help

    • Climate
    • drought
    • Climate Resilience
    • Green Climate Fund
    Kenyan farmer
    • Climate
    • drought
    • Climate Resilience
    • Green Climate Fund
    Climate
    North America
    News
    December 15, 2016

    RELEASE: Bipartisan City Officials Call on Federal Government to Support Local Resilience to Climate Change

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    December 15, 2016

    3 Ways the Federal Government Can Support Local Climate Resilience to Protect Communities and the Economy

    • International Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Flooding in Florida.
    • International Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy