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Smallholder Farmers Are Key to Making the Palm Oil Industry Sustainable

  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • commodities
Indonesian palm oil
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • commodities
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Vietnam: An Up-and-Coming Clean Energy Leader?

  • renewable energy
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
Offshore wind farm in Vietnam
  • renewable energy
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  • Energy
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How Companies Are Buying Clean Energy: 4 Lessons from India

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
Man by doorway in India
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  • Energy
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Reflections on Leonardo DiCaprio’s New Climate Change Film, Before the Flood

  • Climate
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  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • climate change
  • illegal logging
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Young orangutan
  • Climate
  • floods
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  • Business
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China Champions Green Finance in the G20

  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
River in Hangzhou, China
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RELEASE: For the First Time, Companies Can Gauge Deforestation Risk by Evaluating Palm Oil Mills

  • Business
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  • deforestation
  • commodities
  • Business
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RELEASE: Cargill, WRI Partner to Monitor and Manage Deforestation and Water Risk Across Supply Chains

  • Freshwater
  • forest monitoring
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • water risk
  • Freshwater
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Releases New Environmental and Social Standards. How Do They Stack Up?

  • climate finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
Redevelopment of Dachong Village, Nanshan, Shenzhen
  • climate finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
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Many Industries Can Find Water-Energy Connections Somewhere in Their Value Chains

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  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Gender
  • fossil fuels
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  • Energy
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  • fossil fuels
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6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

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  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Paris Agreement
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  • agriculture
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  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • Green Climate Fund
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
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Andrew Steer
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  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Cities
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  • Paris Agreement
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  • agriculture
  • climate change
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  • food security
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  • U.S. policy
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By Taking 5 Steps, China Can Start Leading the Green Finance Revolution

  • Business
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer presents Green Finance task force report at CCICED annual general meeting in Beijing, China. Photo by Lawrence MacDonald.
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  • low carbon development
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Asia’s Investment Bank: A New Chapter in Sustainable Development

  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) can be a powerful force for improving infrastructure in the developing world—but only if its investments benefit local communities and the environment. Photo by World Bank/Flickr.
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
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What do Apple, Citi and Shell Have in Common?

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  • Energy
  • renewable energy
It's a pleasant surprise to see growing acceptance for the importance of low-carbon power from some of the world’s biggest traditional energy firms. Photo by Aeon Solar/Flickr.
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy

3 Promising Pathways to Finance Sustainable Cities

  • Cities
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • COP20
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Paris Agreement
  • transportation
Leaders at COP20 can explore a range of sources for financing low-carbon urban development including multilateral investment banks, private investors, and innovative initatives like the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions or climate-themed bonds. (Mexico City, Mexico) Photo by Boris G/Flickr.
  • Cities
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • COP20
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Paris Agreement
  • transportation

ADVISORY: Can the World Bank Meet Sustainability and Governance Challenges?

  • multilateral development banks
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Finance
  • climate change
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India Greenhouse Gas Program

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A Look at China's New Environmental Guidelines on Overseas Investments

  • Climate
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
  • Climate
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • multilateral development banks
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3 Ways to Achieve Zero Tropical Deforestation by 2020

  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • commodities
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
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Asia Pulp & Paper's Anti-Deforestation Pledge: Sign of a Changing Industry?

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • commodities
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • commodities