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    extractive industries
    Finance
    Insights
    October 21, 2020

    7 Ways to Bridge the Blue Finance Gap

    • Ocean
    • Economics
    • biodiversity
    • Finance
    An coral reef with fish.
    • Ocean
    • Economics
    • biodiversity
    • Finance
    Climate
    Insights
    October 8, 2020

    Leveraging the Ocean's Carbon Removal Potential

    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • restoration
    An ocean next to a cityscape.
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • restoration
    Cities
    Outcomes
    April 13, 2020

    4 Iconic Cities around the World and 4 States in India and Mexico Save Lives on the Road

    • Top Outcome: 2019
    • Health & Road Safety
    Photo by Saurabh Jain/WRI India
    • Top Outcome: 2019
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Asia
    Outcomes
    April 13, 2020

    Indonesia Adopts Its First-Ever Sustainable Development Plan

    • Top Outcome: 2019
    Electric grid on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Photo by Rwaida Gharib/USAID
    • Top Outcome: 2019
    Climate
    Outcomes
    April 13, 2020

    U.S. Government Allocates $60 Million to Develop Carbon Removal Technology

    • Top Outcome: 2019
    us carbon removal forcal35 pixabay.jpg
    • Top Outcome: 2019
    Food
    Outcomes
    April 13, 2020

    Food Providers That Serve Nearly a Billion Meals Per Year Commit to the Cool Food Pledge

    • Top Outcome: 2019
    Salad bowls. Photo by Taylor Kiser/Unsplash
    • Top Outcome: 2019
    Ocean
    News
    September 24, 2018

    RELEASE: Heads of Government Unite for the Ocean and People Who Depend on it

    • fisheries
    • Ocean
    • low carbon development
    • fisheries
    • Ocean
    • low carbon development
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    April 24, 2017

    The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 22, 2017

    Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    People in Nigerian village
    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 8, 2015

    Coastal Community Leaders Aim for Strategy on Rising Seas, Extreme Weather

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    North Charleston flooding from Hurricane Joaquin in 2015. Photo Credit: Ryan Johnson/Flickr
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 19, 2014

    Ecuador Shows Why Communities and the Climate Need Strong Forest Rights

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    The impacts of oil extraction in Ecuador show why secure community forest rights are necessary to protect livelihoods and the environment. Photo credit: Tomas Munita, CIFOR
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    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

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