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    Forests
    Insights
    February 29, 2024

    Complex Supply Chains Are Still a Major Barrier to Ending Deforestation

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • data
    • agriculture
    • forest products
    • corporate sustainability
    • commodities
    Plantation worker watching as a truck unloads freshly harvested oil palm branches.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • data
    • agriculture
    • forest products
    • corporate sustainability
    • commodities
    Climate
    Insights
    February 1, 2024

    Understanding the Paris Agreement's “Global Goal on Adaptation"

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • International Climate Action
    • COP28
    • adaptation
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A group of people work to repair a low mud wall which helps control flooding.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • International Climate Action
    • COP28
    • adaptation
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    January 2, 2024

    India’s Shift to Low-carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind

    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Construction workers in colorful clothes stand near a cement mixer.
    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Climate
    Insights
    December 17, 2023

    Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next

    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • COP28
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Closing of COP28 climate summit in Dubai
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • COP28
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Europe
    Insights
    November 21, 2023

    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
    Forests
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be

    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    unloading log truck at lumber processing mill
    • Food
    • land use
    • Climate
    • commodities
    • Buildings
    Finance
    Insights
    May 10, 2023

    What It Takes to Attract Private Investment to Climate Adaptation

    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • Paying for Paris
    People walk down a heavily flooded market street in Lagos, Nigeria
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • Paying for Paris
    Climate
    Insights
    March 20, 2023

    10 Big Findings from the 2023 IPCC Report on Climate Change

    • adaptation
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    A girl wearing a long sundress pedals a bicycle down a flooded road..
    • adaptation
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Finance
    Insights
    March 17, 2023

    3 Questions on Loss and Damage Funding to Tackle Before COP28

    • climate finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • COP28
    Two villagers in Mozambique push a bicycle through a flooded street.
    • climate finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • COP28
    Climate
    Insights
    December 15, 2022

    What the World Really Needs to Adapt to Climate Change

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • COP28
    Women transplanting rice in flooded paddy field.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • COP28
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    December 8, 2022

    COP27: Key Takeaways and What’s Next

    • COP27
    • adaptation
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Panel at COP27.
    • COP27
    • adaptation
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 14, 2022

    What Could a “Bioeconomy” in the Amazon Look Like?

    • Forests
    • forest products
    • Forest Legality
    Aerial view of Amazon River
    • Forests
    • forest products
    • Forest Legality
    Climate
    Insights
    November 3, 2022

    3 Ways the Circular Economy Can Aid Climate Action

    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • adaptation
    • Clean Energy
    Rooftop solar panels
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • adaptation
    • Clean Energy
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    November 1, 2022

    Logrando la adaptación dirigida localmente: ejemplos de todo el mundo

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    People building sea wall.
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    November 1, 2022

    Getting Locally Led Adaptation Right: Examples from Around the World

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • COP28
    People building sea wall.
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • COP28
    Finance
    Insights
    October 28, 2022

    COP27’s Success Hinges on Loss and Damage Finance Discussions

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    A Pakistani woman cooks bread outside her tent after escaping floods.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    Finance
    Insights
    October 25, 2022

    Adaptation Finance: 11 Key Questions, Answered

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • adaptation
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Woman pumps water on a flooded street in Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • adaptation
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 23, 2022

    The Health, Economic and Community Benefits of Zero-carbon Buildings

    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    An apartment building roof in Manhattan has been converted to offer residents the opportunity to garden.
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    Oceania
    Insights
    August 19, 2022

    What the World Can Learn from Fiji’s National Climate Finance Strategy

    • floods
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • Paying for Paris
    A young girl wades through a flooded village after a tropical cyclone hit Fiji in 2016. Flood events and storm surges have become increasingly common in the country in recent years.
    • floods
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • Paying for Paris
    Forests
    Insights
    August 11, 2022

    8 Ways Cities Can Access Sustainable Wood

    • forest products
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Stacked wood planks ready for construction use
    • forest products
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration

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