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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
    Cities
    Initiatives
    March 10, 2022

    TheCityFix Labs

    People at Marine Drive in Mumbai, India
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    September 8, 2020

    Why the CFTC’s New Report on Climate Change and Financial Stability Matters

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • commodities
    • Finance
    Commodities futures trading, Chicago
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • commodities
    • Finance
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    February 4, 2020

    Will Mexico’s Growing Avocado Industry Harm Its Forests?

    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Avocado
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    December 20, 2019

    Ensuring a "Just Transition": 5 Priorities to Make Climate Action Benefit Low-Income and Disadvantaged Groups

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A youth group marching in Paris, with a banner that says "climate justice = social justice." Photo by Andreas Link/Young FoEE
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    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
    Africa North America
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    If Climate Change Is the Existential Crisis of Our Age, Why Isn’t it Getting More Attention?

    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    California drought
    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    August 19, 2015

    Northwest Lumber Mill First to Be Indicted on US Domestic Lacey Act Charges

    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • illegal logging
    J&L Tonewoods was charged with purchasing illegal big leaf maple, violating the Lacey Act. Photo by Washington DNR/Flickr
    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • illegal logging
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    April 10, 2015

    California Sleepwalks into Water Crisis

    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    California's drought has dragged on for four years. Photo by Yana Edwin Murphy/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Africa Latin America North America
    Insights
    March 21, 2014

    5 Overlooked Deforestation Hotspots

    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    Marahoué National Park in the Ivory Coast has lost 93% of its forest cover between 2002 and 2008. Photo credit: jbdodane, Flickr 2013
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • commodities
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 13, 2014

    Amidst California’s Drought, an Opportunity for Action

    • climate change
    • drought
    • climate impacts
    The majority of California is currently blanketed in "extreme drought." Photo credit: Amber Tsuchida, Flickr
    • climate change
    • drought
    • climate impacts
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 23, 2013

    Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    This week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: poverty and climate change. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    July 15, 2013

    Cutting Carbon through Industrial Energy Efficiency: The Case of Midwest Pulp and Paper Mills

    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • commodities
    Forests
    Oceania Latin America
    Insights
    July 2, 2013

    3 Signs of Progress in Curbing the Illegal Wood Trade

    • Business
    • Cities
    • forest products
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Cities
    • forest products
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    May 17, 2013

    Walking the Talk: WRI Uses Fiber Analysis to Test Office Paper Products

    • Business
    • Forests
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Forests
    • commodities

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