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    Africa North America food security greenhouse gases hypoxia
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    January 27, 2023

    Restoring a Degraded Ethiopian Watershed for Water and Livelihood Security

    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    This view of the degraded Minzir 01 watershed shows evident signs of gully formation and low stream flow.
    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    Forests
    North America
    Update
    July 12, 2022

    Updated Tool Can Help US Communities Include Forests and Trees in GHG Inventories

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • global forest watch
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • global forest watch
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    June 9, 2021

    Why Greenhouse Gas Inventories Are Important for Natural and Working Lands — and How to Fix Them

    • carbon removal
    • greenhouse gases
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • GHG emissions
    Yellowstone River in Montana, U.S.
    • carbon removal
    • greenhouse gases
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    March 25, 2021

    INSIDER: Designing Low-carbon Product Standards for Cement and Steel in the United States

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Technical Perspectives
    September 15, 2020

    INSIDER: Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation into Development: Three Lessons from Kenya

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • food security
    Herders in Kenya.
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • food security
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    July 6, 2020

    Nature-Based Flood Mitigation Can Help Mississippi River Farmers

    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Flooding in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    June 11, 2020

    Africa’s Restoration Entrepreneurs Aid in COVID-19 Response

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    A man working on a farm.
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    May 19, 2020

    Which Countries Are Most Vulnerable to Locust Swarms?

    • agriculture
    • food security
    • mapping
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • mapping
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 31, 2020

    5 Ways the US Government Can Kickstart a CarbonShot to Remove Carbon from the Atmosphere

    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • U.S. policy
    carbon engineering direct air capture facility
    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 19, 2018

    Good Climate Policy News from California

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gases
    Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gases
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    April 26, 2018

    To Fight Food Insecurity in Malawi, Just Add Trees

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • restoration
    A farmer in central Malawi plants groundnuts.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    March 13, 2018

    This Man Wants to Pull 60,000 Rwandans Out of Poverty by Planting Trees

    • deforestation
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Planting trees in Rwanda
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Food
    North America
    Insights
    February 10, 2017

    In a Broken Food System, Consumers Have More Power Than They Realize

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Farmers’ market in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    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
    North America
    Insights
    August 25, 2016

    It’s Time for US Federal Contractors to Measure their Carbon Footprints

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    United States Department of Energy Forrestal Building
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 11, 2016

    With New Joint Announcement with Canada, US Gets Serious About Cutting Methane Emissions

    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • fossil fuels
    Natural gas well
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • fossil fuels

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