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    biodiversity land use U.S. policy
    Finance
    Insights
    March 12, 2024

    Can “Biodiversity Credits” Boost Conservation?

    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • Finance
    A herd of elephants crosses the Luangwa River in Zambia
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • Finance
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 27, 2024

    Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate

    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    A farmer stands on top of a truck while a tractor unloads the crops into it.
    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 25, 2024

    4 Priorities for Managing US Lands in the Face of Climate Change

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    A tractor and trucks drive through soy bean fields.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2023

    What Exactly Are "Nature-based Solutions”?

    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • biodiversity
    • natural infrastructure
    A woman reaches up to tend to a tree she's planted.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • biodiversity
    • natural infrastructure
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    October 2, 2023

    What Is Peat Subsidence and How Can Countries Prevent this Environmental Disaster?

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • land use
    Local people in a boat survey the Singkil Peat Swamp in Indonesia.
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • land use
    Food
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    An aerial view of a section of rain forest cleared for agriculture.
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Forests
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be

    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    unloading log truck at lumber processing mill
    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    Forests
    Insights
    July 5, 2023

    Harvesting Wood Has Overlooked Carbon Costs

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • land use
    • deforestation
    • Food
    A loading dock filled with timber on the coast in China.
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • land use
    • deforestation
    • Food
    Cities
    Update
    July 5, 2023

    New Data Dashboard Helps Cities Build Urban Resilience in a Changing Climate

    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • climate policy
    • Air Quality
    • GHG emissions
    • biodiversity
    • land use
    • Urban Development
    Aerial view of skyscrapers and urban development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • climate policy
    • Air Quality
    • GHG emissions
    • biodiversity
    • land use
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 12, 2023

    EPA’s Proposed Rules for Power Plant Emissions: 6 Key Questions, Answered

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    A coal plant in eastern Wyoming spews emissions.
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    March 15, 2023

    CEQ’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool Needs to Consider How Burdens Add Up

    • environmental justice
    • Climate Equity
    • U.S. policy
    • Finance
    • Economics
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    The Cleveland, Ohio skyline is seen between two trees and picnic tables.
    • environmental justice
    • Climate Equity
    • U.S. policy
    • Finance
    • Economics
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    Food
    Insights
    February 27, 2023

    The Ukraine War at One Year: Resilient Food Systems Can't Wait Any Longer

    • Food
    • food security
    • land use
    A man carries a cart in Bakhmut, Ukraine during the Russian invasion
    • Food
    • food security
    • land use
    Ocean
    Insights
    January 31, 2023

    5 Ocean Moments to Watch in 2023

    • Ocean
    • conservation
    • biodiversity
    A couple snorkels in crystal clear water
    • Ocean
    • conservation
    • biodiversity
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 24, 2023

    2 Years of Justice40: Integrating Environmental Justice into US Climate Policy

    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    Smokestacks in the background of a neighborhood with rowhouses in Baltimore, MD
    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    Forests
    News
    December 19, 2022

    STATEMENT: Countries Agree to Landmark Deal to Protect World’s Ecosystems

    • Forests
    • Ocean
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • Ocean
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    Ocean
    Insights
    December 6, 2022

    COP15: An Opportunity for a Healthier Ocean

    • biodiversity
    Coral reefs in Raja Ampat, Indonesia
    • biodiversity

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