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STATEMENT: Global Forest Watch Wins UN Big Data Climate Challenge Prize

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • data
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • data
  • deforestation
  • mapping
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Forest Loss and Climate: Empowering Communities Can Help

  • Forests
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • land rights
Legal rights for community forests in the Brazilian Amazon and other areas could prevent 27 million hectares (66 million acres) of deforestation by 2050. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • Forests
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • land rights
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Indonesia lost more than 6 million hectares of primary forest from 2000 to 2012. Photo credit: Rainforest Action Network, Flickr
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
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Linking Reporting Systems to Improve Greenhouse Gas Management

  • Energy
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
Inventories are a fundamental tool for countries and facilities to measure and manage their GHG emissions. Photo credit: Roger/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
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Tudo o que você precisa saber sobre emissões na agropecuária

  • Food
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
Photo credit: Charles Knowles, Flickr
  • Food
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
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Everything You Need to Know About Agricultural Emissions

  • Food
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
Most farms do not measure their greenhouse gas emissions. Photo credit: Charles Knowles, Flickr
  • Food
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
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Restoration: It’s About More than Just the Trees

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • deforestation
  • food security
Agroforestry in Indonesia's Lubuk Beringin village. Photo credit: Tri Saputro, Flickr
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • deforestation
  • food security
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Connecting Corporate Emissions Targets with Climate Science

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
Setting greenhouse gas (GHG)-reduction targets has become common practice for large, multi-national companies, but they generally take a conservative approach that is independent of what climate scientists say is necessary. Photo credit: World Bank/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
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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
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5 Questions with Vivek Adhia: A New Program for Measuring India’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
The India GHG Program provides Indian businesses with tools and technical assistance to measure emissions, identify reduction opportunities, establish short- and long-term reduction goals, and track progress. Photo credit: joiseyshowaa, Flickr 2008
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
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India Greenhouse Gas Program

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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
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5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk
New research shows that the world loses 50 soccer fields' of forest every minute of every day. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk
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Warsaw Climate Meeting Makes Progress on Forests, REDD+

  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • GHG emissions
According to recent estimates, roughly 15 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions originate from deforestation and land use change. Photo credit: Nick Hogarth for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • GHG emissions

RELEASE: New Guidance Will Help Financial Institutions Measure Emissions from Lending and Investment Portfolios

  • Business
  • GHG Protocol
  • GHG emissions
  • Finance
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • Business
  • GHG Protocol
  • GHG emissions
  • Finance
  • greenhouse gas accounting

Rio de Janeiro Poised to Update Its Greenhouse Gas Inventory

  • Cities
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Cities
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
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RELEASE: India GHG Program Launches with More Than 20 Leading Companies

  • Business
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • climate change
  • Business
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • climate change
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33 Cities Test New Framework for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories

  • Cities
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • UNFCCC
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • UNFCCC
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