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    Cities
    Insights
    May 28, 2020

    Insights from Big Data on How COVID-19 Is Changing Society

    • Air Quality
    • Cities
    • transportation
    Bike riders in New York City's Prospect park
    • Air Quality
    • Cities
    • transportation
    Forests
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    Want to Grow Trees? Consider These 5 Lessons

    • restoration
    The Pesalat Reforestation Project in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, works to restore forest within a national park degraded by fire and logging. As of 2013, 450 hectares are under restoration, with over 4,000 seedlings planted. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI
    • restoration
    Cities
    Insights
    April 12, 2019

    WRI’s Courage to Lead Dinner Envisions Sustainable Cities of the Future

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    WRI Ross Prize for Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Insights
    March 26, 2019

    Public Space for Recreation Is Good for Cities. Guadalajara, Mexico Shows Us 3 Reasons Why.

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Guadalajara, Mexico
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Cities
    Insights
    January 31, 2019

    Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather than Up. 3 Reasons That’s a Problem

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • poverty
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Informal settlements at the edge of Mumbai, India. Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • poverty
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 17, 2018

    4 Ways Cities Can Build More Climate-Resilient Neighborhoods

    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    community workshop in India
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 4, 2018

    Stronger Than the Storm: 3 Lessons for Building Climate Resilience in Poor Urban Communities

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Landslide in Rio de Janeiro
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Insights
    May 1, 2017

    Setting the Rules of the Game at Bonn Climate Change Talks

    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Dawn in Bonn, Germany
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    January 30, 2017

    President Trump’s First Week: Is Environmental Democracy in Jeopardy?

    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Protest sign from the Women’s March in Washington, D.C
    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 16, 2016

    From Paris Agreement to Paris Declaration: Open Government’s Climate Action Role

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Young girl walks across a makeshift bridge in Pakistan
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    November 28, 2016

    Using Open Government for Climate Action

    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • environmental democracy
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • international climate policy
    • public participation
    • UNFCCC
    Meeting on climate change in Burkina Faso
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • environmental democracy
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • international climate policy
    • public participation
    • UNFCCC
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 22, 2015

    After Paris, Making Good on Climate Commitments Requires Good Governance

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • public participation
    • UNFCCC
    Eiffel Tower
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • public participation
    • UNFCCC
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 27, 2015

    Increasing Forest Transparency through the Open Government Partnership

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    • sustainable development goals
    Open government often translates to good forest governance. Photo by Nanang Sujana/Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    October 27, 2015

    Open Government Partnership: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Accountability and Transparency

    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    The Open Government Partnership can help support implementation of the 17 SDGs. Photo by Josh Estey/Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    September 2, 2015

    Tianjin Disaster Magnifies Governance Challenges for Public Safety and the Environment

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    A black cloud of smoke rises from vehicles set on fire by the explosion in Tianjin. Photo by Karl-Ludwig Poggemann/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    Forests
    Insights
    November 11, 2014

    New Technology Can Help Ensure that Protected Areas Stay Protected

    • data
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    The world has more than 177,000 protected areas, all of which require proper management to prevent harmful and illegal activities. Photo credit: Garrett Ziegler, Flickr
    • data
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    Forests
    Insights
    June 5, 2014

    New Palm Oil Production Maps Mark a Milestone in Transparency

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Most palm oil comes from Indonesia and Malaysia. Photo credit: Achmad Rabin Taim, Wikimedia Commons
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    November 21, 2013

    Open Government Partnership: It’s Time for Deeper Engagement with the Environment Sector

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    A water irrigation project in Tamil Nadu, India. Photo credit: Michael Foley, Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights

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