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Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be

  • Food
  • land use
  • Climate
  • commodities
  • Buildings
unloading log truck at lumber processing mill
  • Food
  • land use
  • Climate
  • commodities
  • Buildings
Technical Perspectives

How Multilateral Development Banks Can Use Policy-Based Financing to Support Climate-Resilient Economies

  • multilateral development banks
  • Climate
  • low carbon development
Women scoop up dirty water from a polluted lake in Chad.
  • multilateral development banks
  • Climate
  • low carbon development
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5 Ways the World Bank’s Climate Action Plan Could Go Further

  • multilateral development banks
  • International Climate Action
  • Finance
  • adaptation finance
Wind Park near Kavarna, Bulgaria.
  • multilateral development banks
  • International Climate Action
  • Finance
  • adaptation finance

Why the CFTC’s New Report on Climate Change and Financial Stability Matters

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • commodities
  • Finance
Commodities futures trading, Chicago
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • commodities
  • Finance
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A Low-Carbon Recovery Can Create Jobs and Boost Indonesia’s Economy

  • Climate
  • coronavirus
  • fossil fuels
  • Economics
  • development
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • low carbon development
  • commodities
  • renewable energy
Aerial view of people and goods in a busy Jakarta street market. Photo by Henry Sudarman/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • coronavirus
  • fossil fuels
  • Economics
  • development
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • low carbon development
  • commodities
  • renewable energy
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Pour la durabilité de la production du cacao, les pays et les sociétés doivent s’engager

  • Climate
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate Resilience
Producteur de cacao en Colombie.
  • Climate
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate Resilience
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For Sustainability in Cocoa Production, Both Countries and Companies Need to Commit

  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
Cacao farmer in Colombia. Flickr/World Bank Photo Collection
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
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Heidelberg, Germany
  • climate science
  • Climate
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Banks could be more transparent about their climate progress.
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
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MDB Climate Finance in 2016: The Good, the Bad and the Urgent

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
Researcher pulls up mangrove roots for carbon stock assessment, Kalimantan, Indonesia
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
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Reflections on Leonardo DiCaprio’s New Climate Change Film, Before the Flood

  • Climate
  • floods
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • climate change
  • illegal logging
  • commodities
Young orangutan
  • Climate
  • floods
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • climate change
  • illegal logging
  • commodities
News
  • GHG emissions
  • Paris Agreement
News

RELEASE: WRI Selects Paula Caballero to Lead Climate Program

  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • multilateral development banks
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • multilateral development banks
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Climate Milestones of 2015: The Good, the Bad and the Signs to Watch

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • extreme weather
Satellite image of central U.S. storm, December 28, 2015. Photo credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • extreme weather

STATEMENT: At COP21, Heads of State and Institutions Call for Pricing Carbon

  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • Business
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • Business
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
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With Latest Fires Crisis, Indonesia Surpasses Russia as World’s Fourth-Largest Emitter

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • fires
  • mapping
  • commodities
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • fires
  • mapping
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Indonesia’s Fire Outbreaks Producing More Daily Emissions than Entire US Economy

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • fires
  • commodities
Fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • fires
  • commodities
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Greater Efficiency in Aviation and Maritime: The Double Win Trajectory

  • Economics
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
The aviation and maritime sectors are an increasingly significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Bridget Coila/Flickr.
  • Economics
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy