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5 Ways the Glasgow Climate Pact Aims to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • Climate
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  • Climate Governance
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  • COP26
An aerial view of a grid of solar panels.
  • Climate
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China Can Save Forests While Strengthening Its Economic Resilience

  • Forests
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Bolivian soy plantation
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The Ocean Genome Helps Fight Disease: Here's How We Save It

  • conservation
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  • Ocean
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Algae, corals and fish in an ocean gully.
  • conservation
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Earth Day at 50: Five Ways to Honor the Legacy and Change the World

  • Equity & Governance
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  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
Black and white photo of a crowd and speaker outside the University of Michigan for the first Earth Day in 1970.
  • Equity & Governance
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Climate Action Will Shape People’s Lives. They Should Have a Chance to Shape Climate Action

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  • long-term strategies
  • Sustainable Development Goal 16
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climate migration
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INSIDER: Bridging Implementation of SDGs and NDCs: Examples and Early Lessons from Country Experiences

  • International Climate Action
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Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

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  • agriculture
  • Forests
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Using Open Government for Climate Action

  • Climate
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  • environmental democracy
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  • public participation
  • UNFCCC
Meeting on climate change in Burkina Faso
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When Adaptation Is Not Enough: Paris Agreement Recognizes “Loss and Damage”

  • Climate Resilience
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  • COP21
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Flooding in Sri Lanka
  • Climate Resilience
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What Does the Paris Agreement Mean for Climate Resilience and Adaptation?

  • Climate Resilience
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  • COP21
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India farmers
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After Paris, Making Good on Climate Commitments Requires Good Governance

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Eiffel Tower
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Peru’s Illegal “Ghost Trees”: What U.S. Buyers Need to Know

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • illegal logging
While not a new problem, the scale and pervasiveness of timber laundering in Peru is astounding.  Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
  • Forests
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  • deforestation
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$13 Million Fine For Lumber Liquidators Shows U.S. Lacey Act‘s Clout

  • Forests
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  • illegal logging
Photo by Mathias Appel/Flickr.
  • Forests
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4 Cutting-Edge Technologies to Catch Illegal Loggers

  • Forests
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  • Business
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Logging in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Ben Beiske/Flickr
  • Forests
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6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

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  • Cities
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Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
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COP20 Lays the Groundwork for Paris Climate Pact: 7 Key Developments

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  • restoration
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Participants at December 2014 international climate conference in Lima
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How Can Adaptation Finance Help the Most Vulnerable Communities?

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Ensuring funding meets the adaptation needs of communities remains a challenge. (Paoay, Philippines) Photo by Ilocos Norte/Flickr.
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  • Climate Resilience
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  • climate finance
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