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Collective Action at the Crossroads: What to Watch in 2020

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renewable energy
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Water Could Limit Our Ability to Feed the World. These 9 Graphics Explain Why

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Conventional sprinkler irrigation
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5 Ways to Put Food on a Water Diet

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

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  • Ocean
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6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2017

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  • fossil fuels
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  • energy efficiency
  • food security
  • international climate policy
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  • UNFCCC
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Sustainable Diets: What You Need to Know in 12 Charts

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How Ethiopia Went from Famine Crisis to Green Revolution

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  • food security
  • poverty
Ethiopia is now greener than it has been in the last 145 years. Photo by Chris Reij/WRI
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“Revaluing” Ecosystems to Include Nature’s Value on Balance Sheets

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  • Economics
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While oceans support lucrative fisheries, these benefits are rarely accounted for in ledgers. Photo by Pedro Ramirez Jr./U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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So What Did We Learn in 2014?

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2014 shifted the needle toward a more sustainable future. Photo by David Drodge/The Pembina Institute
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WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2014

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During "Raaghiri Days" in Indian cities, streets are closed to cars to encourage walking and biking. Photo by Carol Mitchell/Flickr
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High Water Stress Jeopardizes One-Third of World’s Corn Crop

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Water limits to corn production are likely to be exacerbated as climate change alters global precipitation patterns. Photo Credit: Jane/Flickr
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Making Economic Valuation Count for Coastal Ecosystems in the Caribbean

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  • coral reefs
  • natural infrastructure
  • Economics
  • fisheries
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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
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Improving Food Security in the Sahel Is Difficult, but Achievable

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A local farmer in Burkina Faso, Yacouba Sawadogo, innovates. Photo Credit: Chris Reij, WRI
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Forest Fires, Water Security, and China’s Sustainability Challenges: WRI’s 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013

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New analysis reveals that 37 countries face extremely high levels of water stress, including Qatar (shown here). Photo credit: Neil Palmer/ CIAT
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5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

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  • agriculture
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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)
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WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

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  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
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WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
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How Much Are Ecosystems Really Worth?

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Women in Indonesia's teak forest harvest ground nuts. Photo credit: Murdani Usman, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
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One-Quarter of World’s Agriculture Grows in Highly Water-Stressed Areas

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New WRI analysis shows that 57 percent of the world's cotton is grown in water-stressed areas. Photo credit: Stephen Morton, Flickr
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Food and Fuel: 2 Grand Challenges Facing Us this Earth Day

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4 Grand Challenges to Energy, Food, and Water

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  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Energy
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  • natural resources
  • low carbon development
  • Forests
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  • agriculture
  • climate change
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  • low carbon development
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