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    commodities waste Water Quality
    Forests
    Insights
    February 29, 2024

    Complex Supply Chains Are Still a Major Barrier to Ending Deforestation

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • data
    • agriculture
    • forest products
    • corporate sustainability
    • commodities
    Plantation worker watching as a truck unloads freshly harvested oil palm branches.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • data
    • agriculture
    • forest products
    • corporate sustainability
    • commodities
    Freshwater
    Insights
    January 10, 2024

    More Critical Minerals Mining Could Strain Water Supplies in Stressed Regions

    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • water quality
    • Water Quality
    Workers extracting lithium in Bolivia.
    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • water quality
    • Water Quality
    Freshwater
    Insights
    August 16, 2023

    25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    Women collect water near Arba Minch, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia,
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    Forests
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be

    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    unloading log truck at lumber processing mill
    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    Freshwater
    Update
    May 22, 2023

    Ethiopia and Tanzania Share Experiences and Lessons on Water Allocation Planning

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    Fisherman in Tanzania lake
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 30, 2023

    UN Water Conference 2023: Not Enough Game-changing Commitments

    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Girls collect water in Rajasthan, India
    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Update
    January 6, 2023

    Recommendations for Collaboration Between the US and China on Methane Emissions

    • GHG emissions
    • agriculture
    • waste
    • mapping
    Tiered hill agriculture.
    • GHG emissions
    • agriculture
    • waste
    • mapping
    Forests
    Insights
    November 29, 2022

    How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    urban forest
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    Freshwater
    North America
    Update
    August 30, 2022

    Small Reservoirs More Vulnerable to Climate Extremes

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • water pollution
    A manmade reservoir with powerlines in the background
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • water pollution
    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
    Business
    Africa
    Insights
    December 2, 2021

    How a Partnership in Kenya Recycled 100,000 Kilograms of Fashion Waste

    • waste
    • circular economy
    Three recycling bins against a wall filled with garments to be recycled.
    • waste
    • circular economy
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 7, 2021

    How Forest Restoration Can Save Water Supply Companies $26 Million in Espírito Santo, Brazil

    • Water Security
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    A landscape view of Vila Velha in Espírito Santo, Brazil
    • Water Security
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Cities
    Initiatives
    August 4, 2021

    Data Portal for Cities

    Aerial view of suburbs next to croplands
    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
    Finance
    Insights
    February 24, 2021

    Why Investors Bought the First Certified Green Bond to Protect Forests for Drinking Water

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • adaptation finance
    • green bonds
    • Finance
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    Lake Maumelle in central Arkansas
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • adaptation finance
    • green bonds
    • Finance
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    Forests
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    Just 7 Commodities Replaced an Area of Forest Twice the Size of Germany Between 2001 and 2015

    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 16, 2020

    China Can Save Forests While Strengthening Its Economic Resilience

    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Bolivian soy plantation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture

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