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    Latin America North America fires poverty
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    June 9, 2023

    5 Ways Wildfires Affect People Near and Far

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • Climate
    • Cities
    Women wear masks in New York City after Canadian wildfire causes dangerous air pollution
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • Climate
    • Cities
    Forests
    North America
    Update
    September 30, 2022

    3 Lessons on Wildfire Resilience and Recovery from Oregon’s Santiam Basin

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    A road leading into the woods with a welcome sign
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    Finance
    Latin America Oceania
    Insights
    December 21, 2020

    To Build Back from COVID-19, Don’t Overlook Informal Workers

    • coronavirus
    • climate finance
    • climate impacts
    • poverty
    Tamil Nadu street vendor
    • coronavirus
    • climate finance
    • climate impacts
    • poverty
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 21, 2020

    I've Worked on Climate Policy for 30 Years. Western US Fires Are the Scariest Thing I’ve Seen.

    • fires
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    A forest fire at night.
    • fires
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 16, 2020

    6 Graphics Explain the Climate Feedback Loop Fueling US Fires

    • Forests
    • fires
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • climate impacts
    Bobcat Fire, as seen from Monrovia, California
    • Forests
    • fires
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • climate impacts
    Forests
    Oceania Latin America Africa Asia
    News
    May 19, 2020

    ADVISORY: Embargoed Press Call on Global Forest Watch 2019 Tree Cover Loss Data

    • fires
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 27, 2019

    Chile’s Protests Offer Lessons on Social Inequality and Climate Action

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Protests in Santiago, Chile
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 28, 2019

    Brazil’s Fire Ban Correlates to a Reduction in Amazon Wildfires. The Ban Just Lifted.

    • Forests
    • fires
    • forest monitoring
    Brazil fires
    • Forests
    • fires
    • forest monitoring
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 23, 2019

    What Can Global Forest Watch Tell Us About the Fires in Brazil?

    • Climate
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • climate change
    • global forest watch
    GFW Satellite Fires image
    • Climate
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • climate change
    • global forest watch
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Research
    December 17, 2018

    Prepared Communities

    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 3, 2018

    EPA’s Chief Dismissed the U.S. Climate Report. Here Are 4 Things His Agency Should Do Instead

    • fires
    • Climate
    • U.S. policy
    wildfire
    • fires
    • Climate
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2018

    Investors Think They Can Make Money Reducing Wildfire Risk. A Forest Restoration Project in Yuba, CA Puts this Idea into Practice.

    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Learning about forest resilience with rangers. Photo: Leah Schleifer
    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    May 29, 2018

    Informal Workers Make Cities Work For All: 3 Stories from Thailand, India and Colombia

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • poverty
    • world resources report
    Choral Mauladia, a street vendor and trade unionist in Ahmedabad. Photo: Getty Images Reportage.
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • poverty
    • world resources report
    Forests
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    October 23, 2017

    Global Tree Cover Loss Rose 51 Percent in 2016

    • fires
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    Tree cover loss is on the rise. Flickr/CIFOR
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch

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