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    Economics Energy Access Food Loss and Waste Freshwater Research Insights
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    February 3, 2021

    Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    October 19, 2020

    Clean Energy Can Help Southeast Asia Recover After COVID-19

    • Energy
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Two farmers stand in their field in Thailand, in front of wind turbines.
    • Energy
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Insights
    January 5, 2020

    Collective Action at the Crossroads: What to Watch in 2020

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    renewable energy
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    Climate
    Insights
    September 25, 2018

    Making Food Production and Land Use More Sustainable Could Yield $2.3 Trillion in Economic Benefits

    • Food
    • Economics
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • health
    • restoration
    Harvesting oil palm in Indonesia.
    • Food
    • Economics
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • health
    • restoration
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Economics
    Africa
    Insights
    October 23, 2017

    Africa's Green Growth Opportunity

    • Energy Access
    Farmer couple in Aberdare Mountains in Kenya.
    • Energy Access
    Food
    Insights
    March 6, 2017

    By the Numbers: The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • sustainable development goals
    Recycled bread rolls
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    December 2, 2016

    How Do You Know if Adaptation Is Working? Lessons from Kumbharwadi, India

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    Field in Trimbak, Maharashtra, India
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    October 5, 2015

    Can Clean Distributed Energy Solutions Close Africa’s Access Gap?

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Economics
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Solar speciality shop in Gulu, Uganda. Photo by James Anderson/Flickr.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Economics
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Food
    Insights
    April 28, 2015

    “Revaluing” Ecosystems to Include Nature’s Value on Balance Sheets

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • natural infrastructure
    • Business
    • natural resources
    While oceans support lucrative fisheries, these benefits are rarely accounted for in ledgers. Photo by Pedro Ramirez Jr./U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • natural infrastructure
    • Business
    • natural resources
    Climate
    Insights
    March 5, 2015

    World’s 15 Countries with the Most People Exposed to River Floods

    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Citizens flee floods in Sri Lanka. Photo by trokilinochchi/Wikimedia Commons.
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Food
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 18, 2014

    Making Economic Valuation Count for Coastal Ecosystems in the Caribbean

    • Freshwater
    • coral reefs
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • fisheries
    • Food
    • Ocean
    People and economies across the Caribbean are dependent on coastal ecosystems—including coral reefs, mangroves, and beaches. These ecosystems provide critical habitat to commercial fisheries, attract tourists from around the world, and protect coastal communities and infrastructure. Photo Credit: Katina Rogers
    • Freshwater
    • coral reefs
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • fisheries
    • Food
    • Ocean
    Food
    Insights
    November 22, 2013

    How Much Are Ecosystems Really Worth?

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • natural infrastructure
    Women in Indonesia's teak forest harvest ground nuts. Photo credit: Murdani Usman, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • natural infrastructure
    Freshwater
    Insights
    February 8, 2013

    Water Risk to Business Is No Small Drip

    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • mapping
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • mapping
    • Freshwater
    • Economics

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