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Cities4Forests

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Better Forests, Better Cities

Cityscape behind lush forest.
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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
Insights

3 Cutting-Edge Satellite Technologies Showcase Nature’s Impact on Water

  • nature-based solutions
  • water quality
  • forest monitoring
People in a boat on the Revantazon River in Costa Rica.
  • nature-based solutions
  • water quality
  • forest monitoring

Why Aren't Countries Reporting Environmental Defender Killings?

  • Environmental Rights
  • environmental justice
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Cleared land in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
  • Environmental Rights
  • environmental justice
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Empowering People Against Pollution

  • podcasts
  • pollution
  • Environmental Rights
  • podcasts
  • pollution
  • Environmental Rights

A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
Insights

We're Underestimating How Many People Lack Sanitation Services—and Ignoring the Best Solution for Many Cities

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
  • waste
  • Cities
  • world resources report
Polluter waterways carry impacts of poor sanitation citywide. Photo by SusanA Secretariat/Flickr
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
  • waste
  • Cities
  • world resources report

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
Insights

Goldman Prize Winner Alfred Brownell Stopped Palm Oil Companies from Destroying Liberian Forests

  • Environmental Rights
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • environmental justice
  • land rights
  • low carbon development
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Environmental Rights
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • environmental justice
  • land rights
  • low carbon development
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Environmental Rights
  • sustainable development goals
  • land rights
  • natural resources
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5
  • Sustainable Development Goal 9
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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  • Environmental Rights
  • sustainable development goals
  • land rights
  • natural resources
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5
  • Sustainable Development Goal 9
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Insights

Putting the Poor First to Improve Sanitation in Kampala

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
  • world resources report
Sanitation entrepreneur in Kampala. Photo: Water for People.
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • sanitation
  • world resources report
News
  • GHG emissions
  • Paris Agreement