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Timber Harvesting and Climate Change Are Depleting Europe's Mature Forests

  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • forest products
A bulldozer harvests timber in a tall, lush pine forest.
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • forest products

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

It's Not Just Cape Town: 4 Shrinking Reservoirs to Watch

  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Al Massira dam, Morocco
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Aguaje trees in Peru.
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
Insights

Beyond Conflict, Water Stress Contributed to Europe’s Migration Crisis

  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • water risk
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  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • water risk

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

A Tale of 3 Countries: Water Risks to Global Shale Development

  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
Shale gas drilling site in Pennsylvania. Photo Credit: Nicholas Tonelli/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
Insights

Warsaw Climate Meeting Makes Progress on Forests, REDD+

  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • GHG emissions
According to recent estimates, roughly 15 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions originate from deforestation and land use change. Photo credit: Nick Hogarth for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • GHG emissions

Water Risk on the Rise

  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Businesses are waking up to the risks water can pose to their operations and bottom line. (Credit: The National Guard/Flickr).
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset