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How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • land use
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • nature-based solutions
  • conservation
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
An aerial view of a section of rain forest cleared for agriculture.
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • land use
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • nature-based solutions
  • conservation
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands

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
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Restoring Ethiopia's Ecosystems Can Support Livelihoods and COVID-19 Recovery

  • coronavirus
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • restoration
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
A degraded landscape in Ethiopia under a cloudy sky.
  • coronavirus
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • restoration
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
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Green Space: An Underestimated Tool to Create More Equal Cities

  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • coronavirus
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Urban Development
People walking through a park.
  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • coronavirus
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Urban Development
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Nature Is An Economic Winner for COVID-19 Recovery

  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Economics
  • Equity & Governance
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  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Economics
  • Equity & Governance

Want to Help the US Economy? Rethink the Trillion Trees Act

  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • coronavirus
  • climate policy
  • restoration
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
Planting trees with Nature Conservancy
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • coronavirus
  • climate policy
  • restoration
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
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The Causes and Effects of Soil Erosion, and How to Prevent It

  • Forests
  • land use
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • food security
A plum orchid planted in dry soil as a result of drought.
  • Forests
  • land use
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • food security
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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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The Data Revolution Hasn't Yet Hit Agriculture

  • data
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • Forests
Farmer harvests wheat in Mojo, Ethiopia. Photo by Peter Lowe/CIMMYT
  • data
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • Forests

In Brazil’s Drought-ravaged Caatinga Ecosystem, Small Farmers Know Best

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
The landscape of Caatinga, the semi-arid but extraordinarily biodiverse region of Brazil
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
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Taking Greenhouse Gases from the Sky: 7 Things to Know About Carbon Removal

  • Energy
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • GHG emissions
  • restoration
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
Cleared land in Costa Rica
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • GHG emissions
  • restoration
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
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This Man Wants to Pull 60,000 Rwandans Out of Poverty by Planting Trees

  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
  • Forests
Planting trees in Rwanda
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
  • Forests
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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
Insights

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
Insights

INSIDER: Why Burning Trees for Energy Harms the Climate

  • Energy
  • Forests
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • renewable energy
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How Ethiopia Went from Famine Crisis to Green Revolution

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • poverty
Ethiopia is now greener than it has been in the last 145 years. Photo by Chris Reij/WRI
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • poverty

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

So What Did We Learn in 2014?

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
2014 shifted the needle toward a more sustainable future. Photo by David Drodge/The Pembina Institute
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business

WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2014

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
During "Raaghiri Days" in Indian cities, streets are closed to cars to encourage walking and biking. Photo by Carol Mitchell/Flickr
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
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COP20 Lays the Groundwork for Paris Climate Pact: 7 Key Developments

  • Finance
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • COP20
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Equity & Governance
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • UNFCCC
Participants at December 2014 international climate conference in Lima
  • Finance
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • COP20
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Equity & Governance
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • UNFCCC