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    drought Insights News
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 30, 2023

    UN Water Conference 2023: Not Enough Game-changing Commitments

    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Girls collect water in Rajasthan, India
    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 30, 2021

    Improving Water Security Helps Reduce the Gender Gap in Mexico City

    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    A woman selling snacks from a cart in the middle of a busy plaza in Mexico City.
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    August 26, 2021

    How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Power plant in dry land
    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Climate
    Insights
    August 25, 2020

    3 Climate-Resilient Food Solutions for Smallholder Farmers

    • Food
    • Climate Resilience
    • development
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    Two people plowing a field.
    • Food
    • Climate Resilience
    • development
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    Climate
    Oceania
    Insights
    January 10, 2020

    4 Things to Know About Australia’s Wildfires and Their Impacts on Forests

    • Forests
    • fires
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Australia fires
    • Forests
    • fires
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Forests
    Insights
    January 10, 2020

    10 Big Changes for Forests Over the Last Decade

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Freshwater
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    October 31, 2019

    Responding to Day Zero Equitably: Water Crisis Lessons from Cape Town and Chennai

    • Cities
    • drought
    • Freshwater
    Cape Town’s largest reservoir, Theewaterskloof
    • Cities
    • drought
    • Freshwater
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    October 10, 2019

    More Water Shortages Mean Energy Investors Need New Ways to Manage Drought Risk

    • Water Security
    • fossil fuels
    • drought
    • Energy
    • Finance
    A thermal power plant in Rajasthan. Flickr/vedantlath
    • Water Security
    • fossil fuels
    • drought
    • Energy
    • Finance
    Europe
    Insights
    September 3, 2019

    Buyer Beware: One Study Finds 62% of Wood Products Mislabeled

    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    Lumber waiting to be sold. (Flickr/CIFOR)
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 29, 2019

    WRI Experts Offer Perspective on Tropical Deforestation in Science Journal

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    Deforestation, Luang Prabang, Laos
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 23, 2019

    What Can Global Forest Watch Tell Us About the Fires in Brazil?

    • Climate
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • climate change
    • global forest watch
    GFW Satellite Fires image
    • Climate
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • climate change
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    August 19, 2019

    Hundreds of US Communities Are Making Climate Action Plans, but Few Include Forests

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Forests
    Angeles National Forest
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    July 10, 2019

    Will the Start of Forest Fires Season Hamper Indonesia’s Progress in Reducing Deforestation?

    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Indonesia forest fires
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 9, 2019

    Congo Basin Deforestation Threatens Food and Water Supplies Throughout Africa

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Water Security
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Women model the handmade baskets they use every day in Malolo 2, Republic of Congo.
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Water Security
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Insights
    June 10, 2019

    A New Tool Can Help Root Out Deforestation from Complex Supply Chains

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Oil palm
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Forests
    Insights
    March 7, 2019

    California Made Headlines, but 5 Other U.S. States Also Broke Wildfire Records in 2018

    • fires
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • Forests
    Yosemite wildfire
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • Forests
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 24, 2019

    Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    indigenous-people-forest
    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    News
    October 16, 2018

    RELEASE: Global Leaders Call for Urgent Acceleration of Climate Adaptation Solutions

    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate impacts
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate impacts
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 25, 2018

    Help for São Paulo’s Complex Water Woes: Protect and Restore Forests

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • Cities
    • restoration
    The Atibainha reservoir in Cantareira System in São Paulo during drought.
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • Cities
    • restoration
    Freshwater
    Insights
    August 27, 2018

    Water Is a Source of Growing Tension and Violence in the Middle East

    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • Freshwater
    • water risk

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