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    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 29, 2014

    New Study Reveals Weaknesses in Brazil’s Forest and Environmental Funds

    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    A new study evaluates government-managed funds meant to protect Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Photo credit: Neil Palmer/CIAT for Center for International Forestry Research
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 20, 2014

    Securing Rights for People and the Climate in Africa

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Way back to Lukolela View on the way back to Lukolela, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo by Ollivier Girard for CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 19, 2014

    Food Security and Climate Change in Africa: A Question of Political Will

    • Food
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    One-quarter of Africa’s projected food gap can be addressed by supporting a drive to achieve replacement level fertility by 2050. Better food security could be achieved by reducing food loss and waste. Photo Credit: Mark Jordahl/Flickr
    • Food
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    Climate
    Insights
    August 18, 2014

    Towards A New Global Development Agenda: 5 Key Questions

    • Equity & Governance
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • development
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • Equity & Governance
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • development
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Cities
    Insights
    August 13, 2014

    People-Oriented Cities: Smarter Driving, Smarter Cities

    • public transit
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Transport demand management strategies help wane commuters off the private car and make sustainable transport alternatives more viable, easing congestion and improving quality of life in cities. Photo Credit: Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil
    • public transit
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    August 11, 2014

    A Farmer In Africa: Balancing Property Rights With National Needs

    • agriculture
    • food security
    • land rights
    In Africa, farmers rely on their rights to community land, but governments don't always back them up with legislation. (photo credit: Gates Foundation/flickr)
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • land rights
    Food
    Insights
    August 7, 2014

    The Difference One Tree Can Make

    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    A babao tree in Zimbabwe. Planting hundreds or even millions of trees does not automatically translate into an increase in the overall long-term tree population. Photo Credit: Martin Heigan/Flickr
    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    August 5, 2014

    Choose Your Future: 4 Possible Emissions Pathways

    • Energy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    With higher amounts of warming, coffee farming could be virtually impossible in Southeastern Brazil in 2100. Photo Credit: Ben Kaminsky/Flickr
    • Energy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Insights
    August 4, 2014

    Sustainability at WRI: Our Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report

    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • corporate sustainability
    Where in the world is WRI traveling? To better understand our business travel emissions and develop metrics for tracking changes, we instituted performance indicators, including emissions per staff and top destinations. Photo Credit: WRI
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • corporate sustainability
    Climate
    Insights
    August 1, 2014

    The Plain Bad Economics of Today’s Energy Prices

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Coal is the most damaging fuel, and yet almost no countries tax it at all, and some actively subsidize it. Photo credit: Raimond Spekking, Wikimedia Commons
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    August 1, 2014

    Why Community Land Rights Belong in the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Equity & Governance
    • International Climate Action
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    The proposed Sustainable Development Goals leave out a critical component of improving rural livelihoods—securing community land rights. Photo credit: Jane Boles, Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • International Climate Action
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Climate
    Insights
    July 31, 2014

    Forest Loss and Climate: Empowering Communities Can Help

    • Forests
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • land rights
    Legal rights for community forests in the Brazilian Amazon and other areas could prevent 27 million hectares (66 million acres) of deforestation by 2050. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
    • Forests
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • land rights
    Climate
    Insights
    July 31, 2014

    The Price Is Wrong: New Report Calls for Fossil Fuel Prices that Reflect Environmental Costs

    • Finance
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    A new IMF report shows that taxing fossil fuels could reduce deaths from fossil fuel-related air pollution by 63 percent. Photo credit: thienzieyung, Flickr
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 30, 2014

    New French Satellite Imagery to Help Forest Management in the Congo Basin

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    • rivers
    When it comes to monitoring forests, the Congo Basin remains one of the most challenging environments in the world. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    • rivers
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 29, 2014

    What Does Environmental Democracy Look Like?

    • Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • renewable energy
    Eight years ago, developers proposed a five-dam project on the Baker and Pascua Rivers in Patagonia, Chile. While they projected that the hydropower would produce 2,750 megawatts of power, the project would also flood 23 square miles of wilderness, jeopardizing the environment, local culture, and tourism of the region. Photo Credit: International Rivers/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    July 28, 2014

    Renewing the Global Commitment to Crop Breeding

    • Food
    • agriculture
    • food security
    A laboratory technician at the International Atomic Energy Agency's Plant Breeding Unit in Seibersdorf, Austria, checks on a phial containing a young banana plant. Photo Credit: Dean Calma/IAEA/Flickr
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • food security
    Food
    Insights
    July 28, 2014

    It's Time for a Global Landscape Restoration Revolution

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    July 24, 2014

    Community Forests: An Undervalued Approach to Climate Change Mitigation

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • land rights
    Legally recognized community forests store about 37 billion tonnes of carbon. Photo credit: Ollivier Girard, CIFOR
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • land rights
    Cities
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    July 23, 2014

    People-Oriented Cities: Mixed-Use Development Creates Social and Economic Benefits

    • public transit
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    Mixed-use development combined with pedestrianization on Mexico City’s Calle Madero promotes sustainable, prosperous communities. Photo Credit: Julius Reque/Flickr.
    • public transit
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 23, 2014

    7 Charts Explain Changing U.S. Power Sector Emissions

    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    Between 1973 and 2005, U.S. power sector CO2 emissions increased by almost 90 percent. Photo credit: Mike, Flickr
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants