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    October 31, 2016

    New White House Report Offers Climate Resilience Blueprint for Next Administration

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Miami flood
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Africa North America
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    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
    Climate
    North America
    News
    October 17, 2016

    ADVISORY: How the U.S. Military is Responding to Sea Level Rise

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 24, 2016

    New Studies Underscore Threats of Sea Level Rise. Will National Leaders Act?

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    South Beach flooding
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
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    November 11, 2015

    Secretary Kerry Warns: Virginia Sea Level Rise Indicative of Bigger Risks Facing Nation

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Secretary of State John Kerry laid out the connection between climate change and national security.
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
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    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 22, 2015

    How Is Sea Level Rise Affecting Your Region?

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Shoreline counties are home to more than 123 million Americans, and account for nearly half the U.S. GDP. Image by WRI
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Data
    October 14, 2015

    Rising Tides in the United States

    • data
    • Climate
    • sea level rise
    • data
    • Climate
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 8, 2015

    Coastal Community Leaders Aim for Strategy on Rising Seas, Extreme Weather

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    North Charleston flooding from Hurricane Joaquin in 2015. Photo Credit: Ryan Johnson/Flickr
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    May 13, 2015

    Extending Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium Is a Win for Business

    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • biodiversity
    • Business
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • biodiversity
    • Business
    • Forests
    Forests
    North America Africa Latin America
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    May 6, 2015

    Forests Housing Rare and Endangered Species Lost 1.2 Million Hectares of Trees Since 2001

    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    Whooping crane chick. Photo by International Crane Foundation/Wikimedia Commons
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 22, 2015

    Obama’s Florida Visit Will Hopefully Bridge Local, State and National Climate Action

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Flooding in downtown Miami. Photo by carvalho/Flickr
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
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    January 28, 2015

    Why Dedicating Land to Bioenergy Won't Curb Climate Change

    • Energy
    • Food
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    A new WRI working paper recommends against dedicating land to produce bioenergy. Photo by Macomb Paynes.
    • Energy
    • Food
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 2, 2014

    Sea Level Rise Cuts Across Political Divide in Norfolk, Virginia

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Communities in the Hampton Roads region--such as Norfolk, Va., shown here--are at the front lines of sea level rise. Photo credit: Bud, Flickr
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 7, 2014

    Florida Already Feeling Effects of Climate Change

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Sea-level rise is a threat that is particularly acute for Florida, with its low elevation and 1,200 miles of coastline. Photo credit: maxstrz/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise

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