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    Finance
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    Insights
    November 4, 2020

    In the Time of COVID-19, China Could Be Pivotal in Swapping Debt for Climate and Health Action

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • health
    A cityscape in Beijing.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • health
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    July 14, 2020

    Solar Power: A Rural Indian Hospital’s Key to Fighting COVID-19

    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • renewable energy
    The front of Nav Jivan Hospital in Palamu district of India.
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Oceania Latin America Africa Asia
    News
    May 19, 2020

    ADVISORY: Embargoed Press Call on Global Forest Watch 2019 Tree Cover Loss Data

    • fires
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    Cities
    Asia Latin America
    News
    December 18, 2019

    RELEASE: Safe, Affordable Sanitation a Pipe Dream for Too Many Households in Global South

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • waste
    • Cities
    • health
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • waste
    • Cities
    • health
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    December 3, 2019

    Delhi’s Deadly Smog: Policy Paralysis Around a Preventable Problem

    • Air Quality
    • agriculture
    • fires
    Some of Delhi's dangerous air pollution comes from crop burning in neighboring states. Photo by Neil Palmer/CIAT.
    • Air Quality
    • agriculture
    • fires
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    November 20, 2019

    To Clean Delhi’s Air, Reform Its Transport System

    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • health
    • transportation
    New Delhi's air quality, already poor, tends to plummet as Diwali ends and winter begins. Photo by Sumita Roy Dutta/Wikimedia Commons.
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • health
    • transportation
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    October 24, 2019

    Powering Remote Hospitals with Solar: Overcoming the Remaining Challenges

    • Energy
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Makunda Hospital, in a remote rural area of India, often faces power outages. Solar panels could help hospitals like this one maintain more reliable electricity. Photo by Amala Devi/WRI.
    • Energy
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Asia
    Insights
    July 10, 2019

    Will the Start of Forest Fires Season Hamper Indonesia’s Progress in Reducing Deforestation?

    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Indonesia forest fires
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    October 23, 2017

    Global Tree Cover Loss Rose 51 Percent in 2016

    • fires
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    Tree cover loss is on the rise. Flickr/CIFOR
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    Asia
    Insights
    February 16, 2017

    Exploring Indonesia's Long and Complicated History of Forest Fires

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    Forest and peat fire in Riau, Indonesia
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    December 14, 2016

    Weather Patterns that Fueled Great Smoky Mountains Forest Fire Could Increase with Climate Change

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Wildfire at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Asia
    Asia
    Insights
    September 19, 2016

    After Record-Breaking Fires, Can Indonesia’s New Policies Turn Down the Heat?

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Forest and peat fires in Riau, Indonesia
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Asia
    Insights
    July 7, 2016

    As Indonesia’s Dry Season Looms, a New Tool Can Predict Daily Forest Fire Risk

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    Indonesia forest fire
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    Asia
    Insights
    October 29, 2015

    With Latest Fires Crisis, Indonesia Surpasses Russia as World’s Fourth-Largest Emitter

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    October 26, 2015

    3 Ways Obama Could Help Fight Indonesia's Massive Fires

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • mapping
    • U.S. policy
    Fires in Indonesia are creating haze throughout Southeast Asia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • mapping
    • U.S. policy
    Asia
    Insights
    October 16, 2015

    Indonesia’s Fire Outbreaks Producing More Daily Emissions than Entire US Economy

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • fires
    • commodities
    Fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • fires
    • commodities

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