Resources

Tags

Insights

Without Changing Diets, Agriculture Alone Could Produce Enough Emissions to Surpass 1.5°C of Global Warming

  • climate science
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Food
Cattle
  • climate science
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Food

RELEASE: Global Leaders Call for Urgent Acceleration of Climate Adaptation Solutions

  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Water Security
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • climate impacts
  • renewable energy
  • Urban Development
  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Water Security
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • climate impacts
  • renewable energy
  • Urban Development
Coffee farmer in Nicaragua
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture

12 Countries Sign Historic Agreement Guaranteeing Environmental Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Equity & Governance
  • Sustainable Development Goal 16
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • public participation
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Sustainable Development Goal 16
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • public participation
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Places to Watch: 3 Forests Experiencing Rapid Clearing Right Now

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • agriculture
  • commodities
Mountain gorilla
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • agriculture
  • commodities
Insights

Making Food Production and Land Use More Sustainable Could Yield $2.3 Trillion in Economic Benefits

  • Food
  • Economics
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • health
  • restoration
Harvesting oil palm in Indonesia.
  • Food
  • Economics
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • health
  • restoration
Initiatives

Cities4Forests

Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
Coffee farmer Don Luis explains incremental adaptation measures he’s undertaken, like planting new coffee varieties resistant to coffee leaf rust and introducing shade trees. Photo: Rebecca Carter/WRI
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
Insights

How Cocoa Farming Can Preserve Forests and Peace in Colombia

  • Forests
  • Business
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • low carbon development
Cocoa farmer
  • Forests
  • Business
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • low carbon development

In Brazil’s Drought-ravaged Caatinga Ecosystem, Small Farmers Know Best

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
The landscape of Caatinga, the semi-arid but extraordinarily biodiverse region of Brazil
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
Insights
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Cities
  • environmental democracy
  • public participation

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

  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Soybean harvesting in Caroline County, Md.
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Insights

To Fight Food Insecurity in Malawi, Just Add Trees

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • restoration
A farmer in central Malawi plants groundnuts.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • restoration

It's Not Just Cape Town: 4 Shrinking Reservoirs to Watch

  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Al Massira dam, Morocco
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Insights

Smallholder Farmers Are Key to Making the Palm Oil Industry Sustainable

  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • commodities
Indonesian palm oil
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • commodities
Insights

This Man Wants to Pull 60,000 Rwandans Out of Poverty by Planting Trees

  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
  • Forests
Planting trees in Rwanda
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
  • Forests
Insights

As More Companies Go “Deforestation-Free,” What Does It Mean for Heavily Forested Nations?

  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Oil palm plantation in Gabon
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests