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Signs of Progress at World Economic Forum’s Climate Day

  • Business
  • climate change
  • Economics
For the first time, the World Economic Forum hosted an official "Climate Day." Photo credit: Andy Mettler, World Economic Forum
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Economics
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Emissions Trading in China: First Reports from the Field

  • Freshwater
  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • climate change
  • Energy
View from Tianjin Tower | Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
  • Freshwater
  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • climate change
  • Energy

How Green Tariffs Can Benefit Utilities and Consumers

  • Business
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
Duke Energy’s 16-megawatt DC (14-megawatt AC) Blue Wing Solar Project in San Antonio, Texas consists of nearly 215,000 photovoltaic solar panels and is one of the largest PV solar farms in the United States. | Photo Credit: Duke Energy/Flickr
  • Business
  • Energy
  • renewable energy

Above and Beyond

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The Idea Behind POTICO: Palm Oil In Indonesia

  • Forests
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Food
  • Climate
  • UNFCCC
Insights

A Shared Vision for Thailand's Solar Energy Development

  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
Lopburi solar power plant in central Thailand is the largest solar photovoltaic project in the world. (Photo credit: Asian Development Bank)
  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • renewable energy

7 Stories to Watch in 2014

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • U.S. policy
As host of the 2014 World Cup, all eyes will be on Brazil's cities to see how they deal with their sustainability challenges and opportunities. Photo credit: Crystal Davis, WRI
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • U.S. policy
Research
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Timeline of 2013: A Year of Extreme Weather Events

  • climate change
  • extreme weather
Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest tropical cyclone on record to make landfall, resulted in more than 6,000 deaths in the Philippines. Photo credit: Arlynn Aquino, EU/ECHO
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
Insights

5 Opportunities for 21st-Century Transport

  • Cities
  • Business
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
A pedestrian walkway in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photo credit: EMBARQ
  • Cities
  • Business
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Research

The Trillion Dollar Question

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The Trillion Dollar Question: Where Does Transport Investment Come From?

  • Cities
  • Business
  • Finance
  • transportation
Global transport investment is between US$1.4 and US$2.1 trillion each year. Photo credit: Switchology, Flickr
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Finance
  • transportation
Videos

Video: Stories to Watch 2014

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Multinationals Need to Take Notice and Take Action on Water Risk Data

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • rivers
  • water risk
Brazil has 12% of the world's freshwater resources, but its industries, farms, and communities are concentrated along the coasts, unable to access much of the country's plentiful resources. Photo credit: Flickr/John Wiseman
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • rivers
  • water risk

New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • development
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • land rights
  • Freshwater
A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
  • development
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • land rights
  • Freshwater