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    Finance Forests Insights
    Finance
    Insights
    February 24, 2021

    Why Investors Bought the First Certified Green Bond to Protect Forests for Drinking Water

    • Forests
    • Water
    • adaptation finance
    • green bonds
    • Finance
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    Lake Maumelle in central Arkansas
    • Forests
    • Water
    • adaptation finance
    • green bonds
    • Finance
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    Finance
    Insights
    July 11, 2019

    Why Sustainable Forestry Is a Good Investment

    • Forests
    • Economics
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • climate change
    Senegal villagers
    • Forests
    • Economics
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • climate change
    Insights
    January 11, 2019

    7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    California wildfire
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    Forests
    Insights
    January 18, 2018

    From Tree-Planting Drones to Shade-Grown Tea: Businesses Are Making Money by Reforesting the Planet

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • restoration
    Costa Rica restoration
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • restoration
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

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

    • Equity
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • 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
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Finance
    Insights
    December 19, 2017

    Restoration: One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities for Economic Growth

    • Forests
    • Economics
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • Forests
    • Economics
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    Finance
    Insights
    January 18, 2017

    Save the Forests? There's Now an App for That

    • Forests
    • Business
    • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Oil palm plantation
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Insights
    October 13, 2016

    3 Steps Toward Growing the Funds for Restoration

    • restoration
    • Finance
    • Forests
    A nursery for restoration in Kalimantan, Indonesia
    • restoration
    • Finance
    • Forests
    Forests
    Insights
    September 7, 2016

    Forest Restoration Gets a Tiny Fraction of the Money It Needs. How to Fill the Gap?

    • conservation
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • restoration
    • Forests
    People in India’s Nilgiri mountains
    • conservation
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    February 11, 2016

    How Does China’s Growing Overseas Investment Affect Africa’s Forests? 5 Things to Know

    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    December 6, 2015

    African Countries Aim to Restore 100 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Forests
    Forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Forests
    Climate
    Insights
    May 19, 2015

    Getting It Right: A New Global Model to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Photo Credit: U.S. Mission to the United Nations at Rome
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Finance
    Insights
    September 23, 2014

    Analyzing Outcomes from the UN Climate Summit

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    More than 125 heads of state and government officials gathered for the UN Climate Summit 2014 in New York City. Photo credit: Holger Dalkmann, WRI
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    Climate
    Insights
    September 16, 2014

    By the Numbers: The New Climate Economy

    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • energy efficiency
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    A new report shows that economic growth and action on climate change can now be achieved together. Photo credit: Walmart, Flickr
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • energy efficiency
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    September 2, 2014

    5 Reasons To Watch NYC’s Climate Summit

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Finance
    • Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    UN headquarters in New York City (Photo credit United Nations)
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Finance
    • Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 20, 2014

    Securing Rights for People and the Climate in Africa

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Equity
    • 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
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • climate change
    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
    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
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Equity
    • 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
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Equity
    • Business
    • Finance
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

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

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Equity
    • 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
    • Water
    • Equity
    • 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
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Equity
    • 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
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Equity
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk

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