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How Cacao Can Do So Much More Than Make Chocolate

  • circular economy
  • Food
  • Business
  • natural resources
Farmers in Ghana prepare cacao for processing
  • circular economy
  • Food
  • Business
  • natural resources
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A man collects tall grass from a crop in Rwanda
  • Food
  • circular economy
Research

State of Climate Action 2023

Wind turbines on grassy field at golden hour.
Initiatives
In Rwanda, women’s cooperatives organize farmers to both improve agriculture and the environment.
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3 Façons de Lutter contre les Pertes et le Gaspillage des Aliments en Afrique

  • circular economy
  • Food Loss and Waste
In Rwanda, women’s cooperatives organize farmers to both improve agriculture and the environment.
  • circular economy
  • Food Loss and Waste
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3 Ways to Tackle Food Loss and Waste in Africa

  • circular economy
  • Food Loss and Waste
In Rwanda, women’s cooperatives organize farmers to both improve agriculture and the environment.
  • circular economy
  • Food Loss and Waste
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How to Build a Circular Economy

  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • waste
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • natural resources
  • Climate
  • Food Loss and Waste
Two recycling facility workers next to bales of aluminum cans. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • waste
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • natural resources
  • Climate
  • Food Loss and Waste
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7 Things to Know About the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
Madagascar deforestation
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
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Without Changing Diets, Agriculture Alone Could Produce Enough Emissions to Surpass 1.5°C of Global Warming

  • climate science
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Food
Cattle
  • climate science
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Food
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Barriers to a Circular Economy: 5 Reasons the World Wastes So Much Stuff (and Why It's Not Just the Consumer's Fault)

  • circular economy
  • waste
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Food Loss and Waste
Plastic pollution piles up on a beach on Clipperton Atoll in the Pacific.
  • circular economy
  • waste
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Food Loss and Waste
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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

March for Science? Sure, but then Walk the Talk

  • Climate
  • Food
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • climate science
  • agriculture
Image of satellite map of science marches
  • Climate
  • Food
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • climate science
  • agriculture
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Careers at WRI

  • Forests
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
  • Business
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
  • Business
  • Equity & Governance
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Globalizing Sustainable Development

  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • Food
  • poverty
  • health
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
Today’s challenges go beyond health, food, and education. Photo by Gates Foundation/Flickr
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • Food
  • poverty
  • health
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
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5 Reasons To Watch NYC’s Climate Summit

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Finance
  • Equity & Governance
  • 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 & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Business
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
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The Difference One Tree Can Make

  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
A babao tree in Zimbabwe. Planting hundreds or even millions of trees does not automatically translate into an increase in the overall long-term tree population. Photo Credit: Martin Heigan/Flickr
  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
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The Changing Landscape of Forest Management

  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • Food
  • commodities
  • agriculture
While palm oil can be produced sustainably, its production is currently a major driver of deforestation. Photo credit: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Flickr 2012
  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • Food
  • commodities
  • agriculture
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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