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Deforestation Threatens the Mekong, but New Trees Are Growing in Surprising Places

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Forests
Communities like this one in Vietnam are beginning to restore their trees, especially on farms and in villages. Photo by Terry Sunderland/CIFOR.
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Forests
Research

The Road to Restoration

As U.S. Government Retreats on Reducing Climate-warming Methane, 4 States Step Up

  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • fossil fuels
Drilling rig
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • fossil fuels
Insights

A Tale of Two Cities in Brazil (and the Forest that Connects Them)

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Cities
  • restoration
Salvador's city government delivers native trees to residents, as part of an effort to revitalize the surrounding Atlantic Forest. Photo by Marcelo Gandra.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Cities
  • restoration

Good News, Bad News: 4 Trends in US Energy Use

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
Christ the Redeemer statue in Tijuca National park, part of Brazil's Atlantic rainforest. Photo by Chico Mendes Conservation Institute.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • restoration

The IPCC Calls for Securing Community Land Rights to Fight Climate Change

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 16
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Women of Peru's Awajun Native Community of Shampuyacu
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 16
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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How Effective Is Land At Removing Carbon Pollution? The IPCC Weighs In

  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • climate science
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • climate science
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • restoration
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7 Things to Know About the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
Madagascar deforestation
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste

A CO2 Direct Air Capture Plant Will Help Extract Oil in Texas. Could This Actually Be Good for the Climate?

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • fossil fuels
CO2 removed from the air can be used to extract oil, like at this Michigan facility. Photo by U.S. Department of Energy/Flickr.
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • fossil fuels
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Why Sustainable Forestry Is a Good Investment

  • Forests
  • Economics
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • climate change
Senegal villagers
  • Forests
  • Economics
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • climate change
Technical Perspectives

Natural Gas Beat Coal in the US. Will Renewables and Storage Soon Beat Natural Gas?

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
Wind turbines north of Corpus Christi, Texas.
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
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How the International Monetary Fund Is Waking Up to the Financial Risks of the Climate Crisis

  • Economics
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
Extraction machine coal mine coal mining excavator
  • Economics
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
River guide on the Peruvian Amazon.
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Forests
Insights
Considering the miro tree in Costa Rica. Flickr/World Resources Institute. Photo by Aaron Minnick.
  • restoration
  • Forests
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Planning for a "Just Transition": Leaving No Worker Behind in Shifting to a Low Carbon Future

  • Climate
  • COP24
  • long-term strategies
  • fossil fuels
  • Climate Equity
  • climate change
Providing for workers displaced by the transition away from fossil fuels should be a priority around the world. Photo by U.S. Air Force Photo/Dawn Waldman
  • Climate
  • COP24
  • long-term strategies
  • fossil fuels
  • Climate Equity
  • climate change
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This Month in Climate Science: Threatened Coffee, Asylum Applications and Antarctic Ice Loss

  • this month in climate science
  • climate science
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
Coffee cup
  • this month in climate science
  • climate science
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
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For Small Businesses in Africa, Climate Resilience Is an Economic Opportunity

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Sustainable Development Goal 1
  • restoration
  • Business
Herders with cattle in Tigray, Ethiopia. Mohammed Bakarr / GEF
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Sustainable Development Goal 1
  • restoration
  • Business
Update
A group of four people talking in a circle with a WRI poster in the background.
  • restoration
  • deforestation
Insights

4 Ways to Shift from Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy

  • Energy
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • fossil fuels
Japan solar
  • Energy
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • fossil fuels