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    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 3, 2020

    Beyond Title: How to Secure Land Tenure for Women

    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    woman-planting-cabbage
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 13, 2019

    Innovación y preparación: La respuesta de caficultores costarricenses a los desafíos del cambio climático y la competencia en los mercados

    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • agriculture
    Don Armando Navarro explica las medidas de adaptación que ha implementado en su finca, como la construcción de terrazas. Fotografía: Stefanie Tye
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • agriculture
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 11, 2019

    Coffee Farmers in Costa Rica Are Brewing Up Solutions to Climate Change and Competition

    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • agriculture
    Don Armando Navarro explains the climate adaptation measures he has implemented on his coffee farm. Photo by Stefanie Tye
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • agriculture
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    September 10, 2019

    4 Things to Know About the Global Adaptation Challenge

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate change
    Cyclone Idai response in Mozambique
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate change
    Climate
    Insights
    September 4, 2019

    Climate Disasters Are Getting Worse. Here's How Developing Countries Are Insuring Against Them

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • extreme weather
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate finance
    • hurricanes
    A child sits on water jugs provided after Cyclone Idai.
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • extreme weather
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate finance
    • hurricanes
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    February 5, 2019

    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
    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

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