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    Africa Latin America Buildings landscapes
    Forests
    Africa
    Technical Perspectives
    May 30, 2023

    Landscape Restoration Is Complex, But Multi-Stakeholder Platforms Can Help

    • restoration
    • landscapes
    People gather to assess the African landscape.
    • restoration
    • landscapes
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    October 18, 2022

    Bogotá and Cali Connect Local Action to National Ambition to Transform the Buildings Sector

    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • development
    • Cities
    Aerial view of Bogota, Colombia
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • development
    • Cities
    Forests
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    February 9, 2021

    How Local People Are Mapping Billions of Trees on Their Land

    • land use
    • restoration
    • landscapes
    • climate impacts
    • Forests
    Woman stading next to a forest in Rwanda
    • land use
    • restoration
    • landscapes
    • climate impacts
    • Forests
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    September 11, 2020

    New Location, New Perspectives: Hearing from African Voices in the Restoration Movement

    • restoration
    • landscapes
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • restoration
    • landscapes
    • Forests
    • Climate
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    February 19, 2020

    Mexico City Launches Challenge to Reduce Energy Consumption in Buildings

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    September 19, 2019

    RELEASE: New Report Finds National Governments Can Unlock Nearly $24 Trillion by Investing in Zero-Carbon Cities

    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    September 17, 2019

    China Is Investing $13 Trillion in Construction. Will It Pursue Zero Carbon Buildings?

    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • Climate
    • Energy
    Guangzhou’s Pearl River Tower
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • Climate
    • Energy
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 13, 2018

    Unlocking Climate Action: From Bogota City Hall to the President’s Desk and Back Again

    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    Bogota skyline
    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 7, 2017

    Will Brazil Meet Its Climate Targets?

    • Buildings
    • G20
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    For Brazil, the path to climate progress runs through the trees.
    • Buildings
    • G20
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Civil Society Organizations Use Public Information to Protect Forests

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Rangers in Kibale National Park, Uganda, learn to use the Forest Watcher app developed by the Jane Goodall Institute, Google, and Global Forest Watch. Photo by Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Democratic Republic of the Congo Enables Forest-based Communities to Secure Land Rights

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Community consultation in Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Brazilian Cities Begin to Reshape Urban Areas Through Sustainable Mobility Plans

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Commuters use Bus Rapid Transit system in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photo by EMBARQ Brasil, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Energy
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Mexico and Mexico City Introduce Energy Efficiency Standards for Buildings

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    High-rise construction in Mexico City. Photo by Lars Plougmann, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    African Countries Commit to Restore More Than 63 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Farmers and officials at a tree nursery in Nyandarua County, Kenya. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Cities
    Latin America Asia
    Insights
    July 25, 2016

    Thinking “Incrementally:” Addressing the Global Housing Deficit by Engaging the Poor

    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Slum in Bangkok,
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Africa
    Africa
    Insights
    September 8, 2015

    Will World Forestry Congress See Merit in Trees Outside the Forest?

    • Forests
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • landscapes
    • illegal logging
    Restoring trees in drylands can improve higher food security. (Drylands, Mail) Photo by TREEAID/Flickr.
    • Forests
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • landscapes
    • illegal logging

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