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    floods
    Asia
    Insights
    July 10, 2019

    Will the Start of Forest Fires Season Hamper Indonesia’s Progress in Reducing Deforestation?

    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Indonesia forest fires
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 9, 2019

    Congo Basin Deforestation Threatens Food and Water Supplies Throughout Africa

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Water Security
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Women model the handmade baskets they use every day in Malolo 2, Republic of Congo.
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Water Security
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    June 25, 2019

    How Does a Flood-prone City Run Out of Water? Inside Chennai’s “Day Zero” Crisis

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Urban Development
    • water risk
    Chennai
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Water Security
    • Urban Development
    • water risk
    Forests
    Insights
    June 10, 2019

    A New Tool Can Help Root Out Deforestation from Complex Supply Chains

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Oil palm
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 24, 2019

    Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    indigenous-people-forest
    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    June 11, 2018

    DNA Testing Can Save Trees from Illegal Logging – and You Can Help

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Moss-covered bigleaf maple trees in the Hoh Rainforest
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Climate
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    September 5, 2017

    Keeping Heads Above Water: Lessons for Building Resilience After Flooding in South Asia and Texas

    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Escapees from hurricane flooding.
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Asia
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    Reflections on Leonardo DiCaprio’s New Climate Change Film, Before the Flood

    • Climate
    • floods
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • climate change
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Young orangutan
    • Climate
    • floods
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • climate change
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Freshwater
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    More Global Organizations and Investment Firms Use Aqueduct to Manage Water Risk

    • Aqueduct
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • floods
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia
    • Aqueduct
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • floods
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 4, 2015

    Learning from Disaster: Chennai Flood Offers a Personal Lesson for Climate Adaptation

    • International Climate Action
    • floods
    • COP21
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paris Agreement
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/13774211@N00/56586703/">Pandiyan</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>
    • International Climate Action
    • floods
    • COP21
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paris Agreement
    Climate
    Insights
    October 28, 2015

    US Local Elected Officials to Government Leaders: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Are Not Partisan Issues

    • floods
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Flooding in Hoboken, New Jersey. Photo by David Pfeffer/Flickr
    • floods
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    News
    October 24, 2015

    RELEASE: Bipartisan Lawmakers Call on Presidential Candidates to Address Coastal Flooding and Sea Level Rise

    • U.S. Climate
    • floods
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • floods
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Freshwater
    Data
    March 5, 2015

    Aqueduct Global Flood Risk Maps

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    Freshwater
    Data
    March 5, 2015

    Aqueduct Global Flood Risk Country Rankings

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    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
    Freshwater
    News
    September 22, 2014

    RELEASE: New Aqueduct Initiative Will Assess Flood Risk, Help Prevent Flood Damage to World’s Cities

    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • Freshwater

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