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From Coal to Renewables in China: Solving the Water Stress-Power Plant Mismatch

  • Freshwater
  • renewable energy
  • water risk
Hukou Waterfall
  • Freshwater
  • renewable energy
  • water risk
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Deforestation Threatens the Mekong, but New Trees Are Growing in Surprising Places

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Forests
Communities like this one in Vietnam are beginning to restore their trees, especially on farms and in villages. Photo by Terry Sunderland/CIFOR.
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Forests

Forests Could Be Casualties in a U.S.-China Trade War

  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Soybean harvesting in Caroline County, Md.
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
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Drop by Drop, Better Management Makes Dents in China’s Water Stress

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • water risk
Yellow River, China
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • water risk
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China is the world's largest timber market.
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
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China’s Water Stress Is on the Rise

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • industry
  • Urban Development
  • water risk
China’s Yellow River
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • industry
  • Urban Development
  • water risk
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China is Leaving the U.S. Behind on Clean Energy Investment

  • Energy
  • Business
  • renewable energy
Installation of solar panels
  • Energy
  • Business
  • renewable energy
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World Water Day: How “Sludge” Can Power China’s Cities While Cutting Emissions

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • pollution
  • renewable energy
  • wastewater
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • pollution
  • renewable energy
  • wastewater
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Crisis Response: When Trees Stop Storms and Deserts in Asia

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • restoration
Mangrove forest in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • restoration
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Forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
Data

Many Industries Can Find Water-Energy Connections Somewhere in Their Value Chains

  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Gender
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • water risk
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Gender
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • water risk

6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Paris Agreement
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • Green Climate Fund
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
  • stories to watch
Andrew Steer
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Paris Agreement
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • Green Climate Fund
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
  • stories to watch
News

ADVISORY: WRI Presents Stories to Watch 2016

  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • Business
  • Cities
  • Climate
  • stories to watch
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • Business
  • Cities
  • Climate
  • stories to watch
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Greening Finance: A View from Beijing

  • Business
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
The recent CCICED meeting took place in Beijing, China. Photo by Francisco Anzola/Flickr.
  • Business
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
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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.
  • Business
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
Insights

Does Coal Always Mean Water Stress Along With Economic Growth?

  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
By adopting water conservation technologies, water saved in the agriculture sector can be transferred to the coal sector, however, with high cost. Photo by Yuan Wang.
  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • Freshwater
  • water risk