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    water risk
    Freshwater
    Europe
    Insights
    August 28, 2017

    3 Ways to Keep Rome’s Fountains Flowing After Drought

    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Trevi Fountain in Rome.
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    August 24, 2017

    7 Reasons We're Facing a Global Water Crisis

    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    A flooded river in an open field.
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    August 10, 2017

    Addressing Women’s Burdens from Water Risks Could Help Reduce World Hunger

    • Freshwater
    • Gender
    • water risk
    woman in African village
    • Freshwater
    • Gender
    • water risk
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    July 26, 2017

    Droughts and Blackouts: How Water Shortages Cost India Enough Energy to Power Sri Lanka

    • Freshwater
    • Energy
    • power plants
    • water risk
    A power plant in India.
    • Freshwater
    • Energy
    • power plants
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    June 29, 2017

    No Water, No Power

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • climate change
    • water risk
    Water stress looms over electricity generation. Flickr/Kristian Wiklund
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • climate change
    • water risk
    Asia
    Insights
    May 24, 2017

    6 Years After Moratorium, Satellite Data Shows Indonesia’s Tropical Forests Remain Threatened

    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    Oil palm plantation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    May 16, 2017

    When Improving America’s Infrastructure, Don’t Forget Forests

    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Watershed
    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    April 11, 2017

    Thirsty for Change? 4 Ways to Improve Corporate Water Targets

    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Closeup of water bottle
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    April 4, 2017

    The Roadmap to Decarbonization Won’t Go Far without Land

    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Paris Agreement
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • global forest watch
    Farming field in the Amazon
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Paris Agreement
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • global forest watch
    Asia
    Insights
    March 30, 2017

    In India and Indonesia, Civil Society Groups Help Manage Critical Watersheds

    • global forest watch
    • Freshwater
    The longest river in East Java.
    • global forest watch
    • Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    March 22, 2017

    From Waste to Watts: How Sewage Could Help Fix India's Water, Energy and Sanitation Woes

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • waste
    • renewable energy
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Unkal tank
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • waste
    • renewable energy
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Forests
    Insights
    March 21, 2017

    3 Surprising Ways Water Depends on Healthy Forests

    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Rio Urubu Trees
    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    February 27, 2017

    What Does Water Have to Do with National Security?

    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    People loading truck
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    January 24, 2017

    Intact Forest Landscapes Matter for Climate Change. Here Are 3 Reasons Why.

    • Forests
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    • global forest watch
    • Forests
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    • global forest watch
    Asia
    Insights
    January 10, 2017

    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
    Asia
    News
    December 5, 2016

    STATEMENT: Indonesia Expands Protection of Carbon-Rich Peatlands With Update to Government Regulation

    • Forests
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • global forest watch
    • Forests
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Latin America
    News
    December 3, 2016

    STATEMENT: Brazil Announces Goal of Restoring 22 Million Hectares of Degraded Land by 2030

    • restoration
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Insights
    August 30, 2016

    Watersheds Lost Up to 22% of Their Forests in 14 Years. Here’s How it Affects Your Water Supply

    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • water risk
    On the Yangtze River at Badong, China. Photo by Bernd Thaller/Flickr.
    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • water risk

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