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    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 20, 2014

    Securing Rights for People and the Climate in Africa

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Way back to Lukolela View on the way back to Lukolela, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo by Ollivier Girard for CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 19, 2014

    Food Security and Climate Change in Africa: A Question of Political Will

    • Food
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    One-quarter of Africa’s projected food gap can be addressed by supporting a drive to achieve replacement level fertility by 2050. Better food security could be achieved by reducing food loss and waste. Photo Credit: Mark Jordahl/Flickr
    • Food
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    Climate
    Insights
    July 31, 2014

    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
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    June 30, 2014

    New Study Shows Indonesia Losing Primary Forest at Unprecedented Rates

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    Indonesia lost more than 6 million hectares of primary forest from 2000 to 2012. Photo credit: Rainforest Action Network, Flickr
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    Climate
    Insights
    June 25, 2014

    Wanted: Better Indicators of Agriculture's Environmental Impact

    • Food
    • agriculture
    How does the world feed more than 9 billion people in the year 2050 in a manner that not only advances economic development but also reduces agriculture’s impact on the environment? Photo Credit: UN/Flickr
    • Food
    • agriculture
    Climate
    Insights
    May 29, 2014

    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
    Climate
    Insights
    May 29, 2014

    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
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    May 28, 2014

    A New Tool for Low-Carbon Agriculture in Brazil

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest greenhouse gas emitter, largely due to the impacts of agriculture. Photo credit: Organicos do PIVAS/Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    Insights
    May 28, 2014

    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
    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
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    January 3, 2014

    Forest Fires, Water Security, and China’s Sustainability Challenges: WRI’s 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    New analysis reveals that 37 countries face extremely high levels of water stress, including Qatar (shown here). Photo credit: Neil Palmer/ CIAT
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    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
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    Climate
    Europe
    Insights
    December 20, 2013

    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
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 19, 2013

    India’s Watershed Development Boosts Food Security, Improves Livelihoods

    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • water risk
    India has long-battled its water scarcity issues throughout an approach called watershed development. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    October 29, 2013

    Living within Earth's “Planetary Boundaries”

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    "The Human Quest" pairs stunning photography with hard-hitting science. Photo credit: Mattias Klum, The Human Quest
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    June 27, 2013

    Learning from African Farmers: How “Re-greening” Boosts Food Security; Curbs Climate Change

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    Climate
    Insights
    March 26, 2013

    A New Tool to Measure and Reduce Emissions from Agriculture

    • Food
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol

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