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    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
    Cities
    Insights
    June 26, 2014

    People-Oriented Cities: Designing Walkable, Bikeable Neighborhoods

    • biking
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Mexico City has created urban streetscapes around its Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system that support safe bicycling and walking, connecting urban residents to mass transport. Photo by Alejandro Luna/Flickr.
    • biking
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Insights
    June 25, 2014

    Wanted: Better Indicators of Agriculture's Environmental Impact

    • Food
    • agriculture
    How does the world feed more than 9 billion people in the year 2050 in a manner that not only advances economic development but also reduces agriculture’s impact on the environment? Photo Credit: UN/Flickr
    • Food
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    June 24, 2014

    Kobaran Api Indonesia: Sebuah Pertanda Buruk Mengawali Musim Kemarau di Riau

    • Forests
    • fires
    • commodities
    • Forests
    • fires
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    June 24, 2014

    3 Myths and Facts about Forest and Landscape Restoration

    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    In Rwanda, 85 percent of the population makes a living from subsistence farming of degraded, formerly forested lands. Photo Credit: Gates Foundation/Flickr
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    June 23, 2014

    Indonesia Fires Flare: A Foreboding Start to Dry Season in Riau

    • fires
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Putting out fires in Riau, March 2014. Photo by Julius Lawalata / WRI.
    • fires
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    June 23, 2014

    UNEP’s New Access to Information Policy Falls Short of True Transparency

    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    UNEP describes itself as “the voice for the environment within the United Nations system…acting as a catalyst, advocate, educator and facilitator to promote the wise use and sustainable development of the global environment.” Photo Credit: UN/Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    Climate
    Insights
    June 20, 2014

    A Time For Action: 3 Reasons to Urgently Capitalize the Green Climate Fund

    • Energy
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Green Climate Fund
    Faced with the realities of climate change, developing countries are innovating to manage climate risk and kick start their transition to low carbon development. The GCF can provide the resources to scale up these actions. Photo Credit: Oxfam/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Green Climate Fund
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 19, 2014

    Former Republican EPA Administrators Show that Climate Change Need Not Be Partisan

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    The EPA recently proposed rules to limit carbon dioxide pollution from U.S. power plants. Photo credit: Cathy, Flickr
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants