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    extractive industries rivers
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    April 24, 2017

    The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 22, 2017

    Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    People in Nigerian village
    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    May 20, 2016

    Lessons on Implementing Community-Based Climate Adaptation Plans in the Lower Mekong Basin

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • rivers
    Boats in a river
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • rivers
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    WRI Helps Guide $4 Billion in Investment in Sustainable Urban Transport in Brazil

    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    People walking near Brazil public transportation
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Climate
    Insights
    March 5, 2015

    World’s 15 Countries with the Most People Exposed to River Floods

    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Citizens flee floods in Sri Lanka. Photo by trokilinochchi/Wikimedia Commons.
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Forests
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    Global Forest Watch Ushers in New Era of Transparency in Forest Management

    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Satellite photo of fires in Indonesia
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Freshwater
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    Business & Investment Community Analyze Water Risk with WRI’s Aqueduct

    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Aqueduct Water Risk Map
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Finance
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    Green Climate Fund Opens for Business

    • Climate
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    A herder in Mongolia
    • Climate
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Climate
    Asia
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    China Moves Toward Mandatory Corporate GHG Reporting

    • Energy
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Smog over Shanghai
    • Energy
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    1.5 Million People in 3 Brazilian Cities Gain Access to Quality Transport

    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Bus rapid transit in Brazil
    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Climate
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    New Climate Economy Report Links Climate Action to Economic Growth

    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the NCE launch event
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Equity & Governance
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    WRI Advances Progress on Sustainable Development Goals

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Meeting at UN headquarters. (New York, New York)
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Climate
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    27 Cities in Latin America & China Use New Protocol to Measure GHG Emissions

    • Energy
    • Cities
    • GHG Protocol
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Aerial shot of Rio de Janeiro
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • GHG Protocol
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    Global Forest Landscape Restoration Target Set, National Contributions Announced

    • restoration
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Planting in village of Minwhoho, Lekle, Cameroon
    • restoration
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Cities
    Asia
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    Better Bus Systems & Car-free Days Improve Life in India’s Cities

    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Raahgiri Day in India
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 19, 2014

    Ecuador Shows Why Communities and the Climate Need Strong Forest Rights

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    The impacts of oil extraction in Ecuador show why secure community forest rights are necessary to protect livelihoods and the environment. Photo credit: Tomas Munita, CIFOR
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 30, 2014

    New French Satellite Imagery to Help Forest Management in the Congo Basin

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    • rivers
    When it comes to monitoring forests, the Congo Basin remains one of the most challenging environments in the world. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    • rivers

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