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    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Climate
    Europe
    Insights
    August 22, 2019

    From Climate Researcher to Climate Spectator: Witnessing a Melting Arctic

    • Climate
    • climate science
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    The Arctic
    • Climate
    • climate science
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    March 30, 2018

    Smallholder Farmers Are Key to Making the Palm Oil Industry Sustainable

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Indonesian palm oil
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • commodities
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    February 1, 2018

    Vietnam: An Up-and-Coming Clean Energy Leader?

    • renewable energy
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Energy
    Offshore wind farm in Vietnam
    • renewable energy
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Energy
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    News
    August 30, 2017

    RELEASE: Is the Water Safe To Drink? Without Better Access to Pollution Information, Asia’s Poorest People Don’t Know

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • Freshwater
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    April 24, 2017

    The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    March 28, 2017

    How Companies Are Buying Clean Energy: 4 Lessons from India

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Man by doorway in India
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Asia
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    Reflections on Leonardo DiCaprio’s New Climate Change Film, Before the Flood

    • Climate
    • floods
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • climate change
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Young orangutan
    • Climate
    • floods
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • climate change
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Food
    Europe North America
    News
    August 11, 2016

    RELEASE: New “Better Buying Lab” to Develop Sustainable Food Strategies

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Food
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Africa Asia Latin America
    News
    June 8, 2016

    RELEASE: For the First Time, Companies Can Gauge Deforestation Risk by Evaluating Palm Oil Mills

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 10, 2016

    Environmental Justice and Democracy Failures at the Heart of Flint’s Water Crisis

    • Equity & Governance
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Water plant in Flint, Mich.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Forests
    Asia Latin America North America
    News
    March 21, 2016

    RELEASE: Cargill, WRI Partner to Monitor and Manage Deforestation and Water Risk Across Supply Chains

    • Freshwater
    • forest monitoring
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    • forest monitoring
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • water risk
    Asia
    Asia
    Data
    January 19, 2016

    Many Industries Can Find Water-Energy Connections Somewhere in Their Value Chains

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Gender
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Gender
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 14, 2016

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    November 19, 2015

    New GFW Maps Show Vast Logging, Oil Palm and Plantation Concessions in Sarawak

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • environmental democracy
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Wakx/Flickr.
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • environmental democracy
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 16, 2015

    Positioning Indonesia's Climate Commitment on the Global Stage

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • climate science
    • UNFCCC
    In 2009, Indonesia made a bold move by voluntarily pledging to achieve a 26 percent reduction in emissions against the business-as-usual scenario in 2020. Photo by James Anderson/WRI.
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • climate science
    • UNFCCC

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