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    North America commodities development drought
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2021

    4 Climate Finance Priorities for the Biden Administration

    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    View of the White House and surrounding Washington, D.C. streets from above.
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    September 8, 2020

    Why the CFTC’s New Report on Climate Change and Financial Stability Matters

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • commodities
    • Finance
    Commodities futures trading, Chicago
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • commodities
    • Finance
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    February 4, 2020

    Will Mexico’s Growing Avocado Industry Harm Its Forests?

    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Avocado
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    December 14, 2016

    Weather Patterns that Fueled Great Smoky Mountains Forest Fire Could Increase with Climate Change

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Wildfire at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Africa North America
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    If Climate Change Is the Existential Crisis of Our Age, Why Isn’t it Getting More Attention?

    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    California drought
    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    August 19, 2015

    Northwest Lumber Mill First to Be Indicted on US Domestic Lacey Act Charges

    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • illegal logging
    J&L Tonewoods was charged with purchasing illegal big leaf maple, violating the Lacey Act. Photo by Washington DNR/Flickr
    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • illegal logging
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    April 10, 2015

    California Sleepwalks into Water Crisis

    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    California's drought has dragged on for four years. Photo by Yana Edwin Murphy/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Africa Latin America North America
    Insights
    March 21, 2014

    5 Overlooked Deforestation Hotspots

    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    Marahoué National Park in the Ivory Coast has lost 93% of its forest cover between 2002 and 2008. Photo credit: jbdodane, Flickr 2013
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 13, 2014

    Amidst California’s Drought, an Opportunity for Action

    • climate change
    • drought
    • climate impacts
    The majority of California is currently blanketed in "extreme drought." Photo credit: Amber Tsuchida, Flickr
    • climate change
    • drought
    • climate impacts
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    July 15, 2013

    Cutting Carbon through Industrial Energy Efficiency: The Case of Midwest Pulp and Paper Mills

    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • commodities
    Forests
    Oceania Latin America
    Insights
    July 2, 2013

    3 Signs of Progress in Curbing the Illegal Wood Trade

    • Business
    • Cities
    • forest products
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Cities
    • forest products
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    May 17, 2013

    Walking the Talk: WRI Uses Fiber Analysis to Test Office Paper Products

    • Business
    • Forests
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Forests
    North America
    Data
    November 1, 2011

    Forest Cover Loss to Development By County in the Southern United States (2001-2006)

    • Forests
    • mapping
    • development
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • development
    • deforestation
    North America
    Data
    August 31, 2010

    Southern Forests: Protected Areas at Risk Due to Suburban Sprawl

    • Forests
    • mapping
    • development
    • protected areas
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • development
    • protected areas
    • deforestation

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