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Through Compact of Mayors, 360 Cities Will Cut Their Emissions 17% by 2030

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • climate impacts
Rio de Janeiro
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • climate impacts

New Platform Reveals How Much Carbon Is Locked in Tropical Forests – and How Much Was Lost

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • UNFCCC
GFW Climate will help measure emissions from tropical deforestation. Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cifor/14626255095/in/album-72157645614284212/">M. Edliadi for the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
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4 Reasons to Be Hopeful About Forests at COP 21

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • mapping
  • UNFCCC
Agroforestry
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • restoration
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
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  • UNFCCC
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Does Coal Always Mean Water Stress Along With Economic Growth?

  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
By adopting water conservation technologies, water saved in the agriculture sector can be transferred to the coal sector, however, with high cost. Photo by Yuan Wang.
  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • Freshwater
  • water risk

LandMark: Protecting Indigenous and Community Lands by Making Them Visible

  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping
  • poverty
Up to 65% of the world's land is held by Indigenous Peoples and communities. Photo by Jane Boles/Flickr
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping
  • poverty

3 Trends in US Wildfires

  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
Fire northwest of Fairbanks, AK. Photo by USFS/Flickr
  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
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Perimeter Defense: 4 Technologies for Detecting and Preventing Illegal Logging

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • mapping
Some forest managers are using drones to monitor trees and wildlife. Photo by John Mills/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • mapping
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Beyond Conflict, Water Stress Contributed to Europe’s Migration Crisis

  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • water risk
Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/47205547@N02/21910319813/">MichaelGubi</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>
  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • water risk
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With Latest Fires Crisis, Indonesia Surpasses Russia as World’s Fourth-Largest Emitter

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • fires
  • mapping
  • commodities
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • fires
  • mapping
  • commodities

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
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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
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8 Interactive Graphics Answer Top Climate Change Questions

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
The top 10 GHG emitters contribute 72 percent of global emissions. Graphic by WRI
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Forest fire in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • fires
  • mapping

The Clean Power Plan: What’s Water Got To Do With It?

  • U.S. Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • water risk
When it comes to water and fracturing, it’s all about location and time. Photo by Simon Fraser University/Flickr.
  • U.S. Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • water risk
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Ranking the World’s Most Water-Stressed Countries in 2040

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • data
  • climate change
  • water risk
14 of the 33 likely most water stressed countries in 2040 are in the Middle East. (Dubai, UAE) Photo by Jason Mrachina/Flickr.
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • data
  • climate change
  • water risk
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Water for All: How to Ensure We Leave No One Behind

  • U.S. Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • sustainable development goals
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/10816734@N03/5457207232/">World Bank Photo Collection</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>
  • U.S. Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • sustainable development goals
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
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Indonesia’s Forest Fires Reignite, Threatening Protected Areas and Peatlands

  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • fires
  • mapping
  • commodities
Fires are again burning in Indonesia's forests. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • fires
  • mapping
  • commodities

NASA Satellite Data Help Show Where Groundwater Is – And Where It Isn’t

  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • mapping
  • water risk
Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/33377700@N00/155517365/">Ozyman</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • mapping
  • water risk
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Infographic: What Do Your Country's Emissions Look Like?

  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
Top 10 Emitters 2012
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting

Zooming In: “Sustainable” Cocoa Producer Destroys Pristine Forest in Peru

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • mapping
Land cleared to make way for United Cacao’s 2,000 hectare (5,000 acre) plantation.  Photo by Mongabay
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • mapping