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    Latin America biodiversity greenhouse gas accounting
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    March 17, 2021

    RELEASE: National governments can reap $12 trillion in returns, create millions of new jobs, reduce emissions through low-carbon investments in cities

    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    • Equity & Governance
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Asia
    News
    March 16, 2021

    ADVISORY: Embargoed Press Call on WRI’s 2020 Tree Cover Loss Data with Analysis and Insights

    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Research
    December 17, 2018

    Prepared Communities

    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 4, 2018

    Stronger Than the Storm: 3 Lessons for Building Climate Resilience in Poor Urban Communities

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Landslide in Rio de Janeiro
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    September 27, 2018

    Places to Watch: 3 Forests Experiencing Rapid Clearing Right Now

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • commodities
    Mountain gorilla
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • commodities
    Cities
    Africa Latin America Asia
    News
    July 12, 2017

    RELEASE: 1.2 Billion People Living in Cities Lack Access to Affordable and Secure Housing

    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    WRI Helps Guide $4 Billion in Investment in Sustainable Urban Transport in Brazil

    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    People walking near Brazil public transportation
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Forests
    North America Africa Latin America
    Insights
    May 6, 2015

    Forests Housing Rare and Endangered Species Lost 1.2 Million Hectares of Trees Since 2001

    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    Whooping crane chick. Photo by International Crane Foundation/Wikimedia Commons
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    Climate
    Latin America Asia
    News
    December 8, 2014

    RELEASE: Launch of First Global Standard to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities

    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 8, 2014

    Hundreds of Cities Poised to Replicate Rio’s Approach to Measuring and Reducing Emissions

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Rio de Janeiro pilot-tested the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories (GPC). Photo by Rodrigo Soldon/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    1.5 Million People in 3 Brazilian Cities Gain Access to Quality Transport

    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Bus rapid transit in Brazil
    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Latin America
    Insights
    May 29, 2014

    Nova Ferramenta para Agropecuária de Baixo Carbono No Brasil

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    O Brasil está em [quinto lugar entre os maiores emissores de GEE](http://cait2.wri.org/), principalmente por causa dos impactos das emissões do setor agropecuário. Foto: Organicos do PIVAS/Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    Latin America
    News
    May 29, 2014

    RELEASE: First Ever Agriculture Guidance Empowers Companies to Measure and Manage Emissions

    • agriculture
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • agriculture
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    May 28, 2014

    A New Tool for Low-Carbon Agriculture in Brazil

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest greenhouse gas emitter, largely due to the impacts of agriculture. Photo credit: Organicos do PIVAS/Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 23, 2013

    Rio de Janeiro Poised to Update Its Greenhouse Gas Inventory

    • Cities
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    July 2, 2013

    33 Cities Test New Framework for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories

    • Cities
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • UNFCCC
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 7, 2013

    6 Lessons Brazilian Cities Learned from Greenhouse Gas Inventories

    • Cities
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Cities
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Latin America Asia North America
    Insights
    April 26, 2013

    Tracking Greenhouse Gases: 3 Factors for Successful National Inventories

    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • UNFCCC
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • UNFCCC

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