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3 Cutting-Edge Satellite Technologies Showcase Nature’s Impact on Water

  • nature-based solutions
  • water quality
  • forest monitoring
People in a boat on the Revantazon River in Costa Rica.
  • nature-based solutions
  • water quality
  • forest monitoring

The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
  • climate science
  • COP28
Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
  • climate science
  • COP28
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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
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As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
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Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience
Looking down at city buildings, some with green roofs and the street below.
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience
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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
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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
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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
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The World’s Last Intact Forests Are Becoming Increasingly Fragmented

  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • forest monitoring
A car makes its way down a road that winds through woods
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • forest monitoring
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5 Things Vulnerable Countries Need from Policymakers at COP27

  • Climate
  • climate impacts
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • Paris Agreement
  • paris rulebook
  • climate finance
  • COP27
  • climatewatch-pinned
Ambulance driving through flood water on road in Mumbai, India, 2018.
  • Climate
  • climate impacts
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • Paris Agreement
  • paris rulebook
  • climate finance
  • COP27
  • climatewatch-pinned
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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
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3 Essentials for Integrated Urban Climate Action

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • low carbon development
  • urban water resilience
  • Cities
Tram and buildings in Guadalajara.
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • low carbon development
  • urban water resilience
  • Cities
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6 Key Tasks at COP27

  • COP27
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • Climate Governance
  • climatewatch-pinned
Protestors hold a handmade "1.5 degree C" sign
  • COP27
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • Climate Governance
  • climatewatch-pinned
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5 Cities Show How to Thrive in Turbulent Times

  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Children playing in a neighborhood park in Barranquilla, Colombia.
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
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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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36 Countries Are Gaining More Trees than They’re Losing

  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • restoration
Saplings in Ireland
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • restoration
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6 Ways the G20 Can Maximize the Role of Forests in Climate Action

  • G20
  • forest monitoring
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
Leaders at the G20 summit in Rome 2021
  • G20
  • forest monitoring
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
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Why Preserving Forest Integrity Is As Vital As Preventing Deforestation

  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
Aerial view of mist, cloud and fog hanging over a lush tropical rainforest after a storm
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration

The Benefits and Power of Assisted Natural Regeneration

  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • forest products
  • COP26
Forested mountains
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • forest products
  • COP26
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5 actions pour garantir que la foresterie communautaire marche en République du Congo

  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • forest products
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Sunset over the Sangha River in Bomassa, Republic of Congo.
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • forest products
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance