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    Equity & Governance biodiversity COP22 fossil fuels
    Forests
    News
    December 19, 2022

    STATEMENT: Countries Agree to Landmark Deal to Protect World’s Ecosystems

    • Forests
    • Ocean
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • Ocean
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    January 14, 2021

    Nigeria Moves Toward a Sustainable COVID-19 Recovery

    • Climate
    • Economics
    • Climate Resilience
    • coronavirus
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • Gender
    A sprawling city underneath a cloudy sky.
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • Climate Resilience
    • coronavirus
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • Gender
    Ocean
    Insights
    April 24, 2020

    The Ocean Genome Helps Fight Disease: Here's How We Save It

    • conservation
    • coronavirus
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    • international climate policy
    • Ocean
    • protected areas
    Algae, corals and fish in an ocean gully.
    • conservation
    • coronavirus
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    • international climate policy
    • Ocean
    • protected areas
    Forests
    Insights
    January 10, 2020

    10 Big Changes for Forests Over the Last Decade

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 22, 2017

    Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    People in Nigerian village
    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    January 20, 2017

    Rick Perry Offers Mixed Messages to Congress on Climate and Clean Energy

    • International Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    Governor Rick Perry
    • International Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    Equity & Governance
    Technical Perspectives
    December 19, 2016

    INSIDER: 6 Ways to Spur Global Climate Action in 2017

    • Climate
    • COP22
    • climate change
    • UNFCCC
    • Climate
    • COP22
    • climate change
    • UNFCCC
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    November 15, 2016

    Parties to the Paris Agreement Meet for the First Time at CMA1

    • Climate
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    COP22, Marrakech, Morocco
    • Climate
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    November 13, 2016

    “Spirit of Paris” Motivates Climate Negotiations in Marrakech

    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    Launch of NDC Partnership
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    November 11, 2016

    Women’s Leadership: Critical to Securing the Paris Agreement; Essential to Fulfilling It

    • Climate
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • Gender
    Woman in India holding solar panel
    • Climate
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • Gender
    Insights
    November 10, 2016

    Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are the World’s Secret Weapon in Curbing Climate Change

    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Brazilian state of Acre
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    November 9, 2016

    Transformational Shifts to Protect Global Commons

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • COP22
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Beach in Florida
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • COP22
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Asia
    Asia
    Data
    January 19, 2016

    Many Industries Can Find Water-Energy Connections Somewhere in Their Value Chains

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Gender
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Gender
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    March 5, 2015

    Q&A with Alda Salomao: Natural Gas Project Threatens Community Land in Mozambique

    • environmental democracy
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    • natural resources
    Rural women on their way to the market. Photo by Ton Rulkens/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    • natural resources
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 19, 2014

    Ecuador Shows Why Communities and the Climate Need Strong Forest Rights

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    The impacts of oil extraction in Ecuador show why secure community forest rights are necessary to protect livelihoods and the environment. Photo credit: Tomas Munita, CIFOR
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2014

    Watching for Signs of Climate Action in the State of the Union Address

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate science
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Seven months have passed since President Obama announced the national Climate Action Plan. Photo credit: Steve Jurvetson, Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate science
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • power plants
    • renewable energy

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