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    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
    Food
    Insights
    July 22, 2014

    Closing the "Food Gap" Means Renewing the Global Commitment to Crop Breeding

    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    A great bulk of global plant breeding research has gone into the major cereals and oilseeds, such as corn, wheat, rice and soybeans. Yet there are many other crops that are particularly important to small farmers and the food insecure, in part because many of these crops can do relatively well in marginal environments. Photo Credit: CIMMYT/Flickr
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    Forests
    Insights
    July 17, 2014

    Q&A: Why Are Community Forests So Important?

    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • land rights
    Hundreds of millions of people across Africa, Asia, and Latin America depend on forests for their livelihoods and culture. Photo credit: Jolien Schure, CIFOR
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • land rights
    Climate
    Insights
    July 16, 2014

    Limiting Temperature Rise to 2°C Is Still Possible—and it Pays to Do So

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    The cost of limiting global temperature rise to 2°C is far less than the costs of exceeding this target. Photo credit: Sam Teigen, Flickr
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    July 15, 2014

    Tar Sands Threaten World’s Largest Boreal Forest

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    Canada’s boreal forests feature mountain ranges; forested plains, bogs, and peatlands; coniferous and mixed forests; and millions of waterways. Photo credit: Ken Owen, Flickr
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    July 11, 2014

    Tackling U.S. Corporations’ 3 Challenges to Buying Renewable Energy

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Sixty percent of the largest U.S. companies have set climate and energy goals to increase their use of renewable energy. Photo credit: Thomas Rousing, Flickr
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    July 10, 2014

    China and the United States Accelerate Efforts on Carbon Capture and Storage

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • international climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    China and the United States forged new partnerships on carbon capture utilization and storage. Photo credit: Jonas, Flickr
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • international climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    Insights
    July 3, 2014

    Learning from a “Living Laboratory”: 5 Lessons for the Green Climate Fund

    • climate investment funds
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Green Climate Fund
    Tanzanian farmer with drought-affected maize.Climate change affects businesses, communities, government, and more, so it cannot be addressed without a range of actors stepping up. Photo Credit: Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Green Climate Fund
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 3, 2014

    To Maracanã and Beyond: World Cup Brings Sustainable Transport Benefits to Brazil

    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    Although Brazilian cities have received criticism for short-sighted World Cup infrastructure, examples like Belo Horizonte's MOVE bus rapid transit (BRT) will generate benefits long after the final whistle blows. Photo Credit: Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brazil.
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 2, 2014

    Sea Level Rise Cuts Across Political Divide in Norfolk, Virginia

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Communities in the Hampton Roads region--such as Norfolk, Va., shown here--are at the front lines of sea level rise. Photo credit: Bud, Flickr
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    June 30, 2014

    New Study Shows Indonesia Losing Primary Forest at Unprecedented Rates

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    Indonesia lost more than 6 million hectares of primary forest from 2000 to 2012. Photo credit: Rainforest Action Network, Flickr
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    Climate
    Insights
    June 30, 2014

    Closing the Renewable Energy Investment Gap

    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    Wind farm in Palmas, Brazil. The Global Status Report gives other encouraging examples of the falling cost of renewables, especially in major emerging markets. Photo Credit: Carla Wosniak/Flickr
    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • renewable energy