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    Cities deforestation Tracking Climate Action
    Cities
    Insights
    September 14, 2023

    These Countries Are Adopting Electric Vehicles the Fastest

    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • transportation
    An electric car is charging on the side of a tree-lined road.
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • transportation
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    June 9, 2023

    5 Ways Wildfires Affect People Near and Far

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • Climate
    • Cities
    Women wear masks in New York City after Canadian wildfire causes dangerous air pollution
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • Climate
    • Cities
    Cities
    Insights
    July 28, 2022

    5 Reasons Cities Should Include Trees in Climate Action

    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • Tracking Climate Action
    A landscape view of Jakarta, Indonesia with trees in the forefront and skyscrapers in the background
    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • Tracking Climate Action
    News
    September 21, 2021

    RELEASE: More than 50 Mayors Call on Governments and Companies to Conserve Forests

    • Cities
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 20, 2019

    A Tale of Two Cities in Brazil (and the Forest that Connects Them)

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Cities
    • restoration
    Salvador's city government delivers native trees to residents, as part of an effort to revitalize the surrounding Atlantic Forest. Photo by Marcelo Gandra.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Cities
    • restoration
    Cities
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Governments, Companies and NGOs Adopt Shared Mobility Principles

    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Health & Road Safety
    Shared bikes in Beijing. Photo by Kentaro IEMOTO/Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    WRI Informs Urban Development Roadmap for Karnataka, India

    • Top Outcome: 2018
    A street in Bangalore, India. Photo by Ryan ruffin_ready/Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America Create Safer, More Sustainable Streets

    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Health & Road Safety
    Rua Completa Joel Carlos Borges. Photo by Pedro Mascaro/WRI Brasil
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Health & Road Safety
    Insights
    January 11, 2019

    7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    California wildfire
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    Food
    Insights
    April 16, 2015

    How Food Waste Costs Our Cities Millions

    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • GHG emissions
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Urban Development
    Seoul, South Korea is one of several cities experimenting with new waste management policies that will encourage people not to buy food they don’t need. Photo by Seoul Korea/Flickr.
    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • GHG emissions
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Insights
    December 14, 2014

    COP20 Lays the Groundwork for Paris Climate Pact: 7 Key Developments

    • Finance
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP20
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Participants at December 2014 international climate conference in Lima
    • Finance
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP20
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    January 22, 2014

    7 Stories to Watch in 2014

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • fossil fuels
    • deforestation
    • Air Quality
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    As host of the 2014 World Cup, all eyes will be on Brazil's cities to see how they deal with their sustainability challenges and opportunities. Photo credit: Crystal Davis, WRI
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • fossil fuels
    • deforestation
    • Air Quality
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    North America
    Data
    November 4, 2010

    Hotspots of Urban Encroachment on Southern Forests (2000-2020)

    • Forests
    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • deforestation

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