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    biofuels
    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
    December 20, 2023

    Under New Guidance, “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel in the US Could Be Anything But

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    A man in a neon vest stands under the wing of a commercial plane to fill its fuel tank.
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 3, 2023

    EPA’s New Renewable Fuel Standard Will Increase Global Carbon Emissions — Not Lower Them

    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Cars drive down a California highway with farm fields on either side.
    • U.S. Climate
    • biofuels
    • transportation
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    November 5, 2018

    Cleaner-Burning Fuels at Kenyan Schools Feed Students and Protect Forests

    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • biofuels
    • illegal logging
    Kenya has lost 9 percent of its forests since 2000. Photo by pxhere
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • biofuels
    • illegal logging
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    October 11, 2018

    A New Fuel Source Can Power Kenya’s Industries While Saving Forests. So Why Isn’t it Taking Off?

    • Forests
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • biofuels
    • Energy
    Baobab tree on the edge of Kenyan farmland
    • Forests
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • biofuels
    • Energy
    Economics
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    New Climate Economy’s Message of Economic Growth and Climate Action Takes Hold

    • Climate
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Indian girl tends to solar panel
    • Climate
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Energy
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    Chinese Cities Begin Turning Sludge into Energy

    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Power plant worker in Tianjin, China
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Forests
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    More Actors Use Global Forest Watch to Improve Forest Management

    • Top Outcome: 2015
    People at a workshop roundtable in Congo
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Climate
    North America
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    WRI Informs National Climate Plans and Advances U.S. Climate Action

    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Conference attendees at United Nations
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Forests
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    Latin American Countries Commit to Expand Forest and Landscape Restoration

    • restoration
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Group of men examining replanted crops
    • restoration
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Cities
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    Millions in India Join Movement to Reclaim City Streets

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Public gathering in India
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Climate
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    Over 300 Cities Take Action to Measure and Manage Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    • GHG Protocol
    • Cities
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan
    • GHG Protocol
    • Cities
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    WRI Helps Guide $4 Billion in Investment in Sustainable Urban Transport in Brazil

    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    People walking near Brazil public transportation
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Food
    Outcomes
    December 8, 2015

    Consumer Goods Forum Commits to Halve Food Waste by 2025

    • corporate sustainability
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Two green trashbags filled with waste
    • corporate sustainability
    • Top Outcome: 2015
    Technical Perspectives
    May 28, 2015

    INSIDER: Responding to Questions about Bioenergy

    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • Food
    Climate
    Insights
    January 29, 2015

    Biofuels Are Not a Green Alternative to Fossil Fuels

    • Energy
    • Food
    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    As Earth becomes more crowded, fertile land and the plants it supports become ever more valuable for food, timber and carbon storage—things for which we don’t have an alternative source. Patrick Wall/CIMMYT/Flickr.
    • Energy
    • Food
    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change

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