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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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4 Sustainable Ocean Strategies that Yield Economic Benefits

  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • fisheries
  • Food
  • Ocean
  • restoration
Restoring mangroves in Thailand
  • Economics
  • coronavirus
  • fisheries
  • Food
  • Ocean
  • restoration
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Collective Action at the Crossroads: What to Watch in 2020

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Economics
renewable energy
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Economics
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Making Food Production and Land Use More Sustainable Could Yield $2.3 Trillion in Economic Benefits

  • Food
  • Economics
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • health
  • restoration
Harvesting oil palm in Indonesia.
  • Food
  • Economics
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • health
  • restoration
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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
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By the Numbers: The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • sustainable development goals
Recycled bread rolls
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • sustainable development goals
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3 Steps for Tackling Food Loss and Waste

  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2
Wasted vegetables and fruits of a hypermarket from one or two days.
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2
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Why Africa Needs to Look to Its Cities to End Hunger

  • Cities
  • Food
  • food security
  • Urban Development
A street market in St. Lucia, South Africa. With the continent rapidly urbanizing, it’s critical that city leaders address urban food loss and waste in order to ensure sustainable development and end food insecurity. Photo by Steve Slater/Flickr.
  • Cities
  • Food
  • food security
  • Urban Development
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“Revaluing” Ecosystems to Include Nature’s Value on Balance Sheets

  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Economics
  • natural infrastructure
  • Business
  • natural resources
While oceans support lucrative fisheries, these benefits are rarely accounted for in ledgers. Photo by Pedro Ramirez Jr./U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Economics
  • natural infrastructure
  • Business
  • natural resources
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How Food Waste Costs Our Cities Millions

  • Cities
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • GHG emissions
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • Urban Development
Seoul, South Korea is one of several cities experimenting with new waste management policies that will encourage people not to buy food they don’t need. Photo by Seoul Korea/Flickr.
  • Cities
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • GHG emissions
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • Urban Development
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Making Economic Valuation Count for Coastal Ecosystems in the Caribbean

  • Freshwater
  • coral reefs
  • natural infrastructure
  • Economics
  • fisheries
  • Food
  • Ocean
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
  • Freshwater
  • coral reefs
  • natural infrastructure
  • Economics
  • fisheries
  • Food
  • Ocean
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How Much Are Ecosystems Really Worth?

  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Economics
  • natural infrastructure
Women in Indonesia's teak forest harvest ground nuts. Photo credit: Murdani Usman, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Economics
  • natural infrastructure
  • Freshwater
  • coral reefs
  • Economics
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset