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Top 5 Corporate Sustainability Stories of 2015

  • Business
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and other heads of state at COP21. Credit: White House
  • Business
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
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Business Helped Make the Paris Agreement Possible

  • Business
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • renewable energy
Paris at night during COP21. Photo credit: Deborah Zabarenko
  • Business
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • renewable energy
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Palm Oil Mill Data: A Step Towards Transparency

  • Climate
  • Food
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • commodities
Palm oil plantation
  • Climate
  • Food
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • commodities
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4 Questions About Corporate Emissions, Answered through New Interactive Tool

  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
Industry
  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
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114 Companies Commit to Set Science-Based Emissions Targets

  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
Sydney skyline
  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
News

RELEASE: 114 Companies Commit to Set Ambitious Science-Based Emissions Reduction Targets, Surpassing Goal

  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate science
  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate science
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Business and Climate Action: The Times They Are A-Changin'

  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • COP21
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Hundreds of business leaders are gathering at COP 21 in Paris. Photo by Yann Caradec/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • COP21
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Walking the Talk

New Platform Reveals How Much Carbon Is Locked in Tropical Forests – and How Much Was Lost

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • UNFCCC
GFW Climate will help measure emissions from tropical deforestation. Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cifor/14626255095/in/album-72157645614284212/">M. Edliadi for the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • UNFCCC
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4 Corporate Carbon Pricing Do’s and Don’ts

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • GHG emissions
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  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • GHG emissions
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4 Reasons to Be Hopeful About Forests at COP 21

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • UNFCCC
Agroforestry
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • UNFCCC

LandMark: Protecting Indigenous and Community Lands by Making Them Visible

  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping
  • poverty
Up to 65% of the world's land is held by Indigenous Peoples and communities. Photo by Jane Boles/Flickr
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping
  • poverty
  • mapping
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance

3 Trends in US Wildfires

  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
Fire northwest of Fairbanks, AK. Photo by USFS/Flickr
  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
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Perimeter Defense: 4 Technologies for Detecting and Preventing Illegal Logging

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • mapping
Some forest managers are using drones to monitor trees and wildlife. Photo by John Mills/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • mapping

ADVISORY: New Online Platform on Indigenous and Community Territories to Help Secure Land Rights Worldwide

  • mapping
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
  • mapping
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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Science-based Emissions Targets: The Key to Sending a Strong Corporate Signal Before COP 21

  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • COP21
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Nearly 90 companies have committed to set a science-based emissions-reduction target. Photo by Mike Steinhoff/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • COP21
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Beyond Conflict, Water Stress Contributed to Europe’s Migration Crisis

  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • water risk
Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/47205547@N02/21910319813/">MichaelGubi</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>
  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • water risk
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With Latest Fires Crisis, Indonesia Surpasses Russia as World’s Fourth-Largest Emitter

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • fires
  • mapping
  • commodities
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • fires
  • mapping
  • commodities
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Who Is Speaking on Climate Policy for Your Company?

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Climate
Large companies can be involved in hundreds of trade associations around the world. Photo by Corey Seeman/Flickr
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Climate