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Countries’ Methane Action Plans Need to Do More to Account for a Just Transition

  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • National Climate Action
  • greenhouse gases
Workers on oil rig.
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • National Climate Action
  • greenhouse gases

Indonesia’s Indigenous and Community Groups Secure Legal Rights to Forests

  • Top Outcome: 2023
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Forests
  • conservation
Local people from Takal Pasir Village conducting a survey of the Singkil peat swamp forest.
  • Top Outcome: 2023
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Forests
  • conservation
Insights

9 Things to Know About National Climate Plans (NDCs)

  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • International Climate Action
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris
  • National Climate Action
People walk across in-ground solar panels on a seaside plaza on a sunny day.
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gases
  • NDC
  • International Climate Action
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • Paying for Paris
  • National Climate Action

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are Using Satellite Data to Fight Deforestation

  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Man building a canopy blind in a tropical forest
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Insights

5 Countries Taking Action to Reach Net-Zero Targets

  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned
A wind farm in Denmark is surrounded by blue seawater.
  • net-zero emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climatewatch-pinned

Ending Deforestation in the Amazon Can Grow Brazil’s GDP — But That’s Not the Only Reason to Do It

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Climate
Silhouette of a man standing in a river surrounded by trees in the Amazon rainforest.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Climate

Indonesia’s Indigenous People Secure Forest and Land Rights

  • Top Outcome: 2022
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
West Papua
  • Top Outcome: 2022
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Insights

9 Charts Explain Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • data
  • International Climate Action
The main bazar in Paharganj, India, is full of people during the late afternoon.
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • data
  • International Climate Action
Initiatives

Restore Local

Cooperative members.
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What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered

  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
Countries need a variety of solutions, including renewable energy and healthy forests, to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI.
  • climate science
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • COP26
  • COP28
Insights

To Shift Away from Oil and Gas, Developing Countries Need a ‘Just Transition’ to Protect Workers and Communities

  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Climate Governance
  • greenhouse gases
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
A gas extracting plant in Ukraine.
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • Climate Governance
  • greenhouse gases
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
Insights

In Iloilo City, Philippines, an Inclusive Housing Program Protects Vulnerable Communities from Flood Risks

  • Climate Resilience
  • sea level rise
  • Urban Development
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
This housing in Iloilo City, Philippines was built to provide safe shelter to people previously living in flood zones.
  • Climate Resilience
  • sea level rise
  • Urban Development
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities

Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon Sinks

  • land rights
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Man in a canoe in Ecuador's Amazon forest
  • land rights
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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Blasket Islands.
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance

Restoring Land, Restoring Lives: Learning from Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh

  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
Outcomes

Global Forest Watch Helps Indigenous Peoples Reduce Deforestation

  • Top Outcome: 2021
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Aerial view over a tropical forest with a river meandering through the canopy
  • Top Outcome: 2021
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance