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    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 22, 2022

    How to Protect Forest Carbon in a Fire-prone Future

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Forest Service firefighters dig a fireline on a steep-sloped mountain to suppress fire in National Forest.
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 12, 2020

    How and Where to Plant 60 Billion Trees in the US

    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • restoration
    U.S. Forest Service ranger walking in a timber area in Pisgah National Forest
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • restoration
    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
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    California wildfire
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    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
    Climate
    Insights
    December 29, 2017

    Of Venomous Toads and Precious Jewels -- Farewell 2017!

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • Business
    Cane toad
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • Business
    Forests
    Insights
    September 11, 2017

    Forests and SDGs: Taking a Second Look

    • Forests
    • sustainable development goals
    Wild fruit in Amazonia
    • Forests
    • sustainable development goals
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    October 27, 2016

    U.S. Cities Go to the Source to Protect Drinking Water

    • Freshwater
    • U.S. policy
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    Many communities in the U.S. West depend on such sources for drinking water. Photo by Kara DiFrancesco.
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. policy
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    Forests
    Insights
    August 31, 2016

    At the World Conservation Congress, 3 Growing Signs of Hope for Forests and Wildlife

    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • restoration
    • sustainable development goals
    Gardener in Indonesia
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • restoration
    • sustainable development goals
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    October 26, 2015

    3 Ways Obama Could Help Fight Indonesia's Massive Fires

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • mapping
    • U.S. policy
    Fires in Indonesia are creating haze throughout Southeast Asia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • mapping
    • U.S. policy
    Equity & Governance
    News
    September 25, 2015

    WRI Calls SDGs "A Bold New Agenda For International Development"

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Forests
    Insights
    September 22, 2015

    Our Fraying Ecosystems

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Between 2001 and 2014, the world lost on average 18 million hectares of tree cover per year (an area twice the size of Portugal). Photo by bdodane/Flickr.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Climate
    Insights
    May 19, 2015

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

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Photo Credit: U.S. Mission to the United Nations at Rome
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 9, 2015

    6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    January 22, 2014

    7 Stories to Watch in 2014

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • fossil fuels
    • deforestation
    • Air Quality
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    As host of the 2014 World Cup, all eyes will be on Brazil's cities to see how they deal with their sustainability challenges and opportunities. Photo credit: Crystal Davis, WRI
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • fossil fuels
    • deforestation
    • Air Quality
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa North America
    Insights
    January 18, 2013

    6 Top Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2013

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy

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