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    Cities
    Outcomes
    April 13, 2020

    4 Iconic Cities around the World and 4 States in India and Mexico Save Lives on the Road

    • Top Outcome: 2019
    • Health & Road Safety
    Photo by Saurabh Jain/WRI India
    • Top Outcome: 2019
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Asia
    Outcomes
    April 13, 2020

    Indonesia Adopts Its First-Ever Sustainable Development Plan

    • Top Outcome: 2019
    Electric grid on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Photo by Rwaida Gharib/USAID
    • Top Outcome: 2019
    Climate
    Outcomes
    April 13, 2020

    U.S. Government Allocates $60 Million to Develop Carbon Removal Technology

    • Top Outcome: 2019
    us carbon removal forcal35 pixabay.jpg
    • Top Outcome: 2019
    Food
    Outcomes
    April 13, 2020

    Food Providers That Serve Nearly a Billion Meals Per Year Commit to the Cool Food Pledge

    • Top Outcome: 2019
    Salad bowls. Photo by Taylor Kiser/Unsplash
    • Top Outcome: 2019
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    May 20, 2016

    Lessons on Implementing Community-Based Climate Adaptation Plans in the Lower Mekong Basin

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • rivers
    Boats in a river
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • rivers
    Climate
    Insights
    August 26, 2015

    Ranking the World’s Most Water-Stressed Countries in 2040

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • data
    • climate change
    • water risk
    14 of the 33 likely most water stressed countries in 2040 are in the Middle East. (Dubai, UAE) Photo by Jason Mrachina/Flickr.
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • data
    • climate change
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    March 5, 2015

    World’s 15 Countries with the Most People Exposed to River Floods

    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Citizens flee floods in Sri Lanka. Photo by trokilinochchi/Wikimedia Commons.
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 30, 2014

    New French Satellite Imagery to Help Forest Management in the Congo Basin

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    • rivers
    When it comes to monitoring forests, the Congo Basin remains one of the most challenging environments in the world. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    • rivers
    Climate
    Insights
    June 25, 2014

    Wanted: Better Indicators of Agriculture's Environmental Impact

    • Food
    • agriculture
    How does the world feed more than 9 billion people in the year 2050 in a manner that not only advances economic development but also reduces agriculture’s impact on the environment? Photo Credit: UN/Flickr
    • Food
    • agriculture

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