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    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    April 12, 2018

    INSIDER: How to Plan New Emission Pathways for a Low-Carbon Future

    • climate science
    • climate change
    To put ourselves on a pathway to success, it's important to understand climate models.
    • climate science
    • climate change
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Civil Society Organizations Use Public Information to Protect Forests

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Rangers in Kibale National Park, Uganda, learn to use the Forest Watcher app developed by the Jane Goodall Institute, Google, and Global Forest Watch. Photo by Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Climate
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Indian Companies and Chinese Megacity Set Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Chengdu, China. Photo by YOYU.cn, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Energy
    North America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    U.S. Companies Spur Utilities to Deploy New Renewable Energy

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Solar energy installation in the U.S. Photo by Department of Energy, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Democratic Republic of the Congo Enables Forest-based Communities to Secure Land Rights

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Community consultation in Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Brazilian Cities Begin to Reshape Urban Areas Through Sustainable Mobility Plans

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Commuters use Bus Rapid Transit system in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photo by EMBARQ Brasil, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Cities
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    India Takes Landmark First Step to Cut Road Fatalities in Half by 2020

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    • Health & Road Safety
    Traffic and pedestrians in Mysore, India. Photo by EMBARQ India, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    • Health & Road Safety
    Finance
    Asia
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    WRI Informs China’s Groundbreaking Green Finance Roadmap

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Financial billboard in Shanghai, China. Photo: iStock
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Energy
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    Mexico and Mexico City Introduce Energy Efficiency Standards for Buildings

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    High-rise construction in Mexico City. Photo by Lars Plougmann, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    African Countries Commit to Restore More Than 63 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Farmers and officials at a tree nursery in Nyandarua County, Kenya. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Climate
    Outcomes
    December 22, 2016

    WRI Supports Adoption of Landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change

    • Top Outcome: 2016
    UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Laurent Fabius celebrate adoption of the Paris Agreement. Photo by United Nations, Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2016
    Forests
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    Global Forest Watch Ushers in New Era of Transparency in Forest Management

    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Satellite photo of fires in Indonesia
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Freshwater
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    Business & Investment Community Analyze Water Risk with WRI’s Aqueduct

    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Aqueduct Water Risk Map
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Finance
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    Green Climate Fund Opens for Business

    • Climate
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    A herder in Mongolia
    • Climate
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Climate
    Asia
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    China Moves Toward Mandatory Corporate GHG Reporting

    • Energy
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Smog over Shanghai
    • Energy
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    1.5 Million People in 3 Brazilian Cities Gain Access to Quality Transport

    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Bus rapid transit in Brazil
    • Urban Mobility
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Climate
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    New Climate Economy Report Links Climate Action to Economic Growth

    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the NCE launch event
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Equity & Governance
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    WRI Advances Progress on Sustainable Development Goals

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Meeting at UN headquarters. (New York, New York)
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Climate
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    27 Cities in Latin America & China Use New Protocol to Measure GHG Emissions

    • Energy
    • Cities
    • GHG Protocol
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Aerial shot of Rio de Janeiro
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • GHG Protocol
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    November 26, 2014

    Global Forest Landscape Restoration Target Set, National Contributions Announced

    • restoration
    • Top Outcome: 2014
    Planting in village of Minwhoho, Lekle, Cameroon
    • restoration
    • Top Outcome: 2014

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