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    Climate commodities natural resources
    Forests
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    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
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    September 8, 2020

    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
    Business
    Insights
    August 6, 2020

    How to Build a Circular Economy

    • Economics
    • circular economy
    • waste
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • natural resources
    • Climate
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Two recycling facility workers next to bales of aluminum cans. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
    • Economics
    • circular economy
    • waste
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    • natural resources
    • Climate
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    July 15, 2020

    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
    Business
    Africa
    Insights
    November 18, 2019

    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
    Business
    Africa
    Insights
    September 25, 2019

    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
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    Asia
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    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
    Asia
    Insights
    October 29, 2015

    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
    • commodities
    Asia
    Insights
    October 16, 2015

    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
    Climate
    News
    September 23, 2014

    STATEMENT: WRI Responds to Major Commitments on Forests at the UN Climate Summit

    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • commodities
    • restoration
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • commodities
    • restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    May 21, 2014

    Three Reasons Investors Are Beginning to Take Sustainability Seriously

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Business
    • 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
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • commodities
    Climate
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    3 Tales of Hope for a Low-Carbon Future

    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    At last week's "Ascent" meeting in Abu Dhabi, clubs of countries and companies committed to double the share of renewable energy and the pace of energy efficiency gains. Photo credit: CoCreatr, Flickr
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    July 15, 2013

    Cutting Carbon through Industrial Energy Efficiency: The Case of Midwest Pulp and Paper Mills

    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • commodities
    Climate
    Initiatives
    June 27, 2013

    Forests and Landscapes in Indonesia

    Asia
    Insights
    January 24, 2013

    Climate Change Adaptation in Rural India: A Green Infrastructure Approach

    • Climate
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • natural resources
    • poverty
    • public participation
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • natural resources
    • poverty
    • public participation
    • Freshwater

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