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    Insights
    November 29, 2022

    How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

    • Water
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    urban forest
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    Climate
    Insights
    October 13, 2022

    Where Do We Stand on COP26 Climate Promises? A Progress Report

    • NDC
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    • electric mobility
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Forests
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A group of volunteers plant mangroves
    • NDC
    • climate finance
    • net-zero emissions
    • electric mobility
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Forests
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    August 30, 2022

    How Nature-based Solutions Can Protect Businesses from Water Risks

    • Cities
    • Forests
    A "restoration in progress" sign against the backdrop of a wetland
    • Cities
    • Forests
    Forests
    Update
    April 28, 2022

    Cities Can Reduce Commodity-Based Deforestation. Here’s How

    • Cities
    • Water
    Scott Francisco and Douglas Fraser speaking at the Partner Forest Coffee.
    • Cities
    • Water
    Forests
    North America
    News
    October 26, 2021

    RELEASE: New Forest Resilience Bond will Finance $25 Million of Restoration to Reduce Wildfire Risk on the Tahoe National Forest in California

    • Cities
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Insights
    September 22, 2021

    Cities Are Surprising Leaders in Forest Conservation

    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • conservation
    • restoration
    A large forest reaching the edge of Campinas, a city in Brazil.
    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • conservation
    • restoration
    News
    September 21, 2021

    RELEASE: More than 50 Mayors Call on Governments and Companies to Conserve Forests

    • Cities
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 4, 2021

    Systems Change Lab

    Person in crowd holding sign that reads "SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE" with Earth image on cardboard sign
    Cities
    Insights
    September 29, 2020

    Green Space: An Underestimated Tool to Create More Equal Cities

    • Climate Resilience
    • Forests
    • coronavirus
    • Cities
    • Equity
    • natural infrastructure
    • Urban Development
    People walking through a park.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Forests
    • coronavirus
    • Cities
    • Equity
    • natural infrastructure
    • Urban Development
    Forests
    Insights
    September 23, 2020

    How Forests Near or Far Can Protect Water for Cities

    • Water
    • Water Security
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • water pollution
    A view of Hong Kong from the edge of a forest.
    • Water
    • Water Security
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • water pollution
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    July 24, 2020

    Brooklyn Bridge Could Be a Landmark for Forest Conservation

    • Cities
    • Forests
    Rendering of the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Forest
    • Cities
    • Forests
    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
    • indigenous people
    • restoration
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • indigenous people
    • restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    January 5, 2020

    Collective Action at the Crossroads: What to Watch in 2020

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    renewable energy
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    Forests
    Insights
    October 4, 2019

    Lumber Salvaged from Baltimore’s Row Houses and City Trees Creates Jobs and Cuts Wood Waste

    • Cities
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Urban trees in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 29, 2019

    WRI Experts Offer Perspective on Tropical Deforestation in Science Journal

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    Deforestation, Luang Prabang, Laos
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 20, 2019

    A Tale of Two Cities in Brazil (and the Forest that Connects Them)

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Cities
    • restoration
    Salvador's city government delivers native trees to residents, as part of an effort to revitalize the surrounding Atlantic Forest. Photo by Marcelo Gandra.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Cities
    • restoration

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