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Why Dedicating Land to Bioenergy Won't Curb Climate Change

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  • Food
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  • Climate
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  • food security
A new WRI working paper recommends against dedicating land to produce bioenergy. Photo by Macomb Paynes.
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STATEMENT: Green Climate Fund Reaches $10 Billion Goal: “A Major Milestone”

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  • UNFCCC
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STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to Green Climate Fund Pledges

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  • Finance
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US, Japan Pledge $4.5 Billion to Green Climate Fund, but Are the Conditions Fair?

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  • Climate
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  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
A flooded rice field in Japan. Photo by Phil Hendley/FLICKR.
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STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to $3 Billion U.S. Pledge to Green Climate Fund

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U.S. Pledge to Green Climate Fund Could Build Climate Action Momentum

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  • Green Climate Fund
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
One of the most challenging and important sticking points in the international climate negotiations is the money to help poor countries adapt to the impacts of climate change. Photo credit: Sudipto Das, Global Environment Facility
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4 Keys to Scaled-up Climate Investment in Brazil

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  • Green Climate Fund
São Paulo , Brazil. Photo Credit: veebruar/Flickr
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The Green Climate Fund Is Now Ready for Ambitious Pledges

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The Green Climate Fund is the most ambitious climate finance fund thus far, with a goal of completely transforming sectors and economies toward low-emission, climate-resilient development Photo Credit: Solar Electric Light Fund/Flickr
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The $10 Billion Question: Will the Green Climate Fund Live Up to Expectations?

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Many developing countries are counting on the Fund to deliver meaningful resources by mid- to late 2015. Photo credit: DFID UK/Flickr
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3 Climate Finance Highlights to Watch for at the NYC Climate Summit

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NYC People's Climate March, September 21, 2014. Photo Credit: United Nations/Flickr
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Food Security and Climate Change in Africa: A Question of Political Will

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  • restoration
  • Climate
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One-quarter of Africa’s projected food gap can be addressed by supporting a drive to achieve replacement level fertility by 2050. Better food security could be achieved by reducing food loss and waste. Photo Credit: Mark Jordahl/Flickr
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A Farmer In Africa: Balancing Property Rights With National Needs

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  • land rights
In Africa, farmers rely on their rights to community land, but governments don't always back them up with legislation. (photo credit: Gates Foundation/flickr)
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The Difference One Tree Can Make

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  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
A babao tree in Zimbabwe. Planting hundreds or even millions of trees does not automatically translate into an increase in the overall long-term tree population. Photo Credit: Martin Heigan/Flickr
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Renewing the Global Commitment to Crop Breeding

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  • food security
A laboratory technician at the International Atomic Energy Agency's Plant Breeding Unit in Seibersdorf, Austria, checks on a phial containing a young banana plant. Photo Credit: Dean Calma/IAEA/Flickr
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Closing the "Food Gap" Means Renewing the Global Commitment to Crop Breeding

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  • Food Loss and Waste
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A great bulk of global plant breeding research has gone into the major cereals and oilseeds, such as corn, wheat, rice and soybeans.  Yet there are many other crops that are particularly important to small farmers and the food insecure, in part because many of these crops can do relatively well in marginal environments. Photo Credit: CIMMYT/Flickr
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Learning from a “Living Laboratory”: 5 Lessons for the Green Climate Fund

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  • Climate
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Tanzanian farmer with drought-affected maize.Climate change affects businesses, communities, government, and more, so it cannot be addressed without a range of actors stepping up. Photo Credit: Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT
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A Time For Action: 3 Reasons to Urgently Capitalize the Green Climate Fund

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  • Climate
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Faced with the realities of climate change, developing countries are innovating to manage climate risk and kick start their transition to low carbon development. The GCF can provide the resources to scale up these actions. Photo Credit: Oxfam/Flickr
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