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    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

    Shifting the Diets of High Consumers of Animal-Based Foods Could Significantly Reduce Per Person Agricultural Land Use and GHG Emissions

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

    The Shift Wheel: Changing Consumer Purchasing

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    Food
    News
    April 20, 2016

    RELEASE: WRI offers new approach to help move billions to more sustainable diets

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • natural resources
    • Freshwater
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • natural resources
    • Freshwater
    Food
    Insights
    April 20, 2016

    How I Tweaked My Diet to Cut its Environmental Footprint in Half

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • Food
    • food security
    Sunday dinner - fried chicken. green beans, tomatoes, and mashed potatoes with mochka gravy.
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • Food
    • food security
    Climate
    Insights
    December 30, 2015

    Climate Milestones of 2015: The Good, the Bad and the Signs to Watch

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • extreme weather
    Satellite image of central U.S. storm, December 28, 2015. Photo credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • extreme weather
    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
    Insights
    May 11, 2015

    Where Is Climate Adaptation Finance Headed?

    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • extreme weather
    Aftermath of 2013's Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Philippines. Photo by Ben White/ CAFOD, December 2013
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 27, 2015

    3 Counterintuitive Connections Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • U.S. policy
    Boston received more than 98 inches of snow this season. Photo by Michael Hall/Flickr.
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2015

    What Does the “Pathway to Paris” Mean for Adaptation?

    • International Climate Action
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • COP20
    • extreme weather
    A growing number of studies show that communities around the world are already experiencing the effects of climate change in the form of extreme heat, unpredictable weather and sea level rise. (Punjab region, Pakistan) Photo by Tariq Saeed/IRIN.
    • International Climate Action
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • COP20
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    Insights
    January 16, 2015

    2014 Record-Breaking Heat is Bad for Business

    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    2014 was not just the hottest year on record globally, but the world also experienced record-high seasonal temperatures in the summer and fall, and the second-warmest spring. (Santiago, Chile) Photo by Michel/Flickr.
    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 20, 2014

    Open Data: A New Tool for Building Climate Resilience

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • data
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    In 2012 alone, extreme weather events caused more than $110 billion in damages and claimed more than 300 lives. Photo credit: Randy Le'Moine, Flickr 2012
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • data
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Insights
    January 21, 2014

    Timeline of 2013: A Year of Extreme Weather Events

    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest tropical cyclone on record to make landfall, resulted in more than 6,000 deaths in the Philippines. Photo credit: Arlynn Aquino, EU/ECHO
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    Africa Asia
    Research
    November 11, 2013

    Weaving the Net

    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 14, 2013

    Frontlines of Climate Change: Florida Leaders Take Action on Sea Level Rise

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Florida is the U.S. state most vulnerable to sea level rise. Photo credit: S.F. Pitman, Flickr
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Finance
    Africa
    Insights
    October 8, 2013

    Q&A with African Risk Capacity: How Innovative Financing Models Can Build Climate Change Resilience

    • Climate
    • drought
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    A Tanzania farmer shows the effects of drought on her maize crop. Photo credit: Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT
    • Climate
    • drought
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 17, 2013

    Coastal Communities in Virginia Lead the Way on Local Climate Action

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Local leaders in Virginia Beach, VA are making plans to adapt to sea-level rise and coastal flooding. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America Europe
    Insights
    September 6, 2013

    New Report Connects 2012 Extreme Weather Events to Human-Caused Climate Change

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • extreme weather
    • greenhouse gases
    • pollution
    Flooding from Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Photo credit: Pamela Andrade
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • extreme weather
    • greenhouse gases
    • pollution

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