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    Equity & Governance
    News
    September 25, 2015

    WRI Calls SDGs "A Bold New Agenda For International Development"

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Europe
    Insights
    September 24, 2015

    Now Comes the Hard Part: 4 Key Challenges to SDGs

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    The Sustainable Development Goals aim to eradicate poverty and inequalities and spur economic growth while respecting planetary boundaries. UN Photo/Cia Pak.
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Climate
    Insights
    September 23, 2015

    The Sublime Connection: The Pope, Poverty and the Planet

    • COP21
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Representatives from the New Climate Economy met for a dialogue with Vatican officials on May 20, 2015. Photo by L'Osservatore Romano.
    • COP21
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Food
    Insights
    September 23, 2015

    What’s Food Loss and Waste Got to Do with Sustainable Development? A Lot, Actually.

    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Food worth $750 billion is lost or wasted every year. Photo by Garry Knight/Flickr
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Forests
    Insights
    September 22, 2015

    Our Fraying Ecosystems

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Between 2001 and 2014, the world lost on average 18 million hectares of tree cover per year (an area twice the size of Portugal). Photo by bdodane/Flickr.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Energy
    Insights
    September 18, 2015

    Building a Brighter Future – Powered by Renewable Energy

    • Economics
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • sustainable development goals
    Barefoot solar engineers in Tinginaput, India. Photo by DFID/Flickr.
    • Economics
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    September 18, 2015

    Sustainable Development Goals: Setting a New Course for People and Planet

    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    The unveiling of the Sustainable Development Goals next week will be a milestone moment for our collective future. Photo by US Mission to the United Nations Agencies in Rome/Flickr
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Climate
    Insights
    September 14, 2015

    More Energy in the Sprint to Paris

    • Climate
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    Photo by The Climate Group/Flickr.
    • Climate
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    News
    September 14, 2015

    ADVISORY: Press Call: Experts Preview UN Sustainable Development Goals

    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    July 30, 2015

    Water for All: How to Ensure We Leave No One Behind

    • U.S. Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • sustainable development goals
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/10816734@N03/5457207232/">World Bank Photo Collection</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>
    • U.S. Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • sustainable development goals
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    July 24, 2015

    Addis Ababa Agenda: Bold Sustainable Development Vision to Be Backed Up by Action

    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by Henrik Berger Jørgensen/Flickr.
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    News
    July 16, 2015

    STATEMENT: WRI Says Financing for Development Action Plan Can "Accelerate the Global Shift toward Sustainable Development"

    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Europe
    Insights
    July 8, 2015

    Sustainable Development Goals: From Rhetoric to Reality

    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Kenyan farmers plant rust-resistant wheat. Photo by Petr Kosina / CIMMYT
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 21, 2015

    A New Way to Measure Environmental Rights Around the World

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Shipbreaking workers in Bangladesh handle asbestos and other dangerous materials. Photo by Adam Cohn/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Climate
    Insights
    May 19, 2015

    Getting It Right: A New Global Model to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Photo Credit: U.S. Mission to the United Nations at Rome
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    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
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 20, 2015

    Sustainable Development Goals Could Be a Game-Changer for Water

    • Aqueduct
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    A man fills water bottles in Sanaía, Yemen Photo by Foad Al Harazi / World Bank
    • Aqueduct
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    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
    Food
    Insights
    January 23, 2015

    Globalizing Sustainable Development

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • Food
    • poverty
    • health
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Today’s challenges go beyond health, food, and education. Photo by Gates Foundation/Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • Food
    • poverty
    • health
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals

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