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    Forests
    Insights
    April 5, 2022

    How a New EU Regulation Can Reduce Deforestation Globally

    • deforestation
    • regulation
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Aerial footage of palm oil and the forest in Sentabai Village, West Kalimantan, 2017.
    • deforestation
    • regulation
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    April 6, 2021

    4 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution

    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Plastic waits for recycling landfill in the Philippines.
    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    February 3, 2021

    Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Civil Society Organizations Use Public Information to Protect Forests

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Rangers in Kibale National Park, Uganda, learn to use the Forest Watcher app developed by the Jane Goodall Institute, Google, and Global Forest Watch. Photo by Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Climate
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Indian Companies and Chinese Megacity Set Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Chengdu, China. Photo by YOYU.cn, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Energy
    North America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    U.S. Companies Spur Utilities to Deploy New Renewable Energy

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Solar energy installation in the U.S. Photo by Department of Energy, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Democratic Republic of the Congo Enables Forest-based Communities to Secure Land Rights

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Community consultation in Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Brazilian Cities Begin to Reshape Urban Areas Through Sustainable Mobility Plans

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Commuters use Bus Rapid Transit system in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photo by EMBARQ Brasil, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Cities
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    India Takes Landmark First Step to Cut Road Fatalities in Half by 2020

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    • Health & Road Safety
    Traffic and pedestrians in Mysore, India. Photo by EMBARQ India, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    • Health & Road Safety
    Finance
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    WRI Informs China’s Groundbreaking Green Finance Roadmap

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Financial billboard in Shanghai, China. Photo: iStock
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Energy
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Mexico and Mexico City Introduce Energy Efficiency Standards for Buildings

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    High-rise construction in Mexico City. Photo by Lars Plougmann, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    African Countries Commit to Restore More Than 63 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Farmers and officials at a tree nursery in Nyandarua County, Kenya. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Climate
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    WRI Supports Adoption of Landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Laurent Fabius celebrate adoption of the Paris Agreement. Photo by United Nations, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Energy
    Asia
    Research
    May 16, 2016

    The Future Electricity Grid

    Energy
    Insights
    May 16, 2016

    Renewable Energy Is Soaring. Are We Ready?

    • Equity & Governance
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • regulation
    • renewable energy
    Housekeeper cleaning solar thermal panels in India
    • Equity & Governance
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • regulation
    • renewable energy

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