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3 Reasons Small Businesses Must Play a Large Role in Climate Change Resilience

  • Climate
  • Business
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  • climate change
  • low carbon development
Farmers in Cambodia are threatened by the impacts of climate change. Photo credit: Asladhrra, Flickr
  • Climate
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Analyzing Outcomes from the UN Climate Summit

  • Climate
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  • Forests
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  • climate finance
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More than 125 heads of state and government officials gathered for the UN Climate Summit 2014 in New York City. Photo credit: Holger Dalkmann, WRI
  • Climate
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5 Reasons To Watch NYC’s Climate Summit

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UN headquarters in New York City (Photo credit United Nations)
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Three Reasons Investors Are Beginning to Take Sustainability Seriously

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  • Climate
  • climate change
  • commodities
Palm oil plantation workers in Sumatra, Indonesia. Wilmar, a leading Asian agribusiness group, which trades more than 45 percent of the global palm oil supply, is committed to a deforestation-free supply chain. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • Food
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  • Climate
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FORMA: A Near-Real Time Alert System for Tropical Forest Loss

  • Climate
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  • deforestation
The FORMA team, which started at the Center for Global Development and moved to the Data Lab at the World Resources Institute, was inspired by the DETER and SAD forest monitoring systems covering the Brazilian Amazon. Photo Credit: CIFOR, Flickr 2011
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PRESS ADVISORY: Global Forest Watch to Provide Unprecedented Monitoring of Forests Worldwide

  • Forests
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  • deforestation
  • restoration
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Conflicting Reporting Systems May Hinder Companies' Water Risk Strategies

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A tugboat pushes barges on the Mississippi River. Photo credit: Tom Gill, Flickr
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A Look at China's New Environmental Guidelines on Overseas Investments

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  • multilateral development banks
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Why Is China Investing So Much in U.S. Solar and Wind?

  • Finance
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  • renewable energy
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Aqueduct

Ariel shot of a river in Brazil
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What’s the Difference Between Water Use and Water Consumption?

  • Aqueduct
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Water Risk to Business Is No Small Drip

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  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • mapping
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How Can We Pay for Green Growth? New Report Provides Answers

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  • Economics
  • Climate
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RELEASE: New Mapping Tool Provides Unprecedented Ability to Assess Water Risk

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  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
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  • climate change
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6 Top Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2013

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  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
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  • Business
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
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  • climate change
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