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    fires
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 3, 2018

    EPA’s Chief Dismissed the U.S. Climate Report. Here Are 4 Things His Agency Should Do Instead

    • fires
    • Climate
    • U.S. policy
    wildfire
    • fires
    • Climate
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2018

    Investors Think They Can Make Money Reducing Wildfire Risk. A Forest Restoration Project in Yuba, CA Puts this Idea into Practice.

    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Learning about forest resilience with rangers. Photo: Leah Schleifer
    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Climate
    Insights
    August 20, 2018

    Why Positive Climate Feedbacks Are So Bad

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • fires
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    Sardinas Canyon fire
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • fires
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    Forests
    Insights
    August 20, 2018

    5 Graphs Show Just How Unusual This Year’s Wildfires Are

    • fires
    • climate change
    • Forests
    Forest wildfire
    • fires
    • climate change
    • Forests
    Forests
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    October 23, 2017

    Global Tree Cover Loss Rose 51 Percent in 2016

    • fires
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    Tree cover loss is on the rise. Flickr/CIFOR
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    October 17, 2017

    California’s Wine Country Wildfires Are Among the Worst on Record

    • Forests
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    flight deck of the MAFFS 6
    • Forests
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    September 18, 2017

    As Wildfires Scorch U.S. Forests, Forest Resilience Bond Blazes a New Trail

    • fires
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    Firefighter in Arizona.
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    Energy
    North America
    Data
    May 1, 2017

    U.S. Renewable Energy Map: A Guide for Corporate Buyers

    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • Business
    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • Business
    • Clean Energy
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    March 14, 2017

    PODCAST: How We Can Clean the Chesapeake and Save Money in the Process

    • Freshwater
    • podcasts
    • agriculture
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • Water Quality
    Marsh
    • Freshwater
    • podcasts
    • agriculture
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • Water Quality
    Asia
    Insights
    February 16, 2017

    Exploring Indonesia's Long and Complicated History of Forest Fires

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    Forest and peat fire in Riau, Indonesia
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    Forests
    Insights
    January 12, 2017

    Seeing Israeli Forests for More than Just Trees

    • fires
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    An aircraft flying over Mount Carmel
    • fires
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    Climate
    Insights
    December 15, 2016

    3 Ways the Federal Government Can Support Local Climate Resilience to Protect Communities and the Economy

    • International Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Flooding in Florida.
    • International Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    December 14, 2016

    Weather Patterns that Fueled Great Smoky Mountains Forest Fire Could Increase with Climate Change

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Wildfire at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Forests
    Insights
    November 3, 2016

    The Forest Resilience Bond: Leveraging Innovative Finance, Science, and Partnerships to Fight Drought and Wildfire

    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    A circle of California redwoods
    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    Asia
    Asia
    Insights
    September 19, 2016

    After Record-Breaking Fires, Can Indonesia’s New Policies Turn Down the Heat?

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Forest and peat fires in Riau, Indonesia
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities

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