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    data Insights News
    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
    May 8, 2023

    9 Charts Explain Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    The main bazar in Paharganj, India, is full of people during the late afternoon.
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    Climate
    Insights
    March 2, 2023

    This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World's Top 10 Emitters

    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • data
    • GHG emissions
    • International Climate Action
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    A smokestack of a garbage incineration plant against the backdrop of the city
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • data
    • GHG emissions
    • International Climate Action
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Forests
    Insights
    October 26, 2021

    Maintenant on peut visualiser les arbres à l'extérieur des forêts denses

    • data
    • landscapes
    • forest monitoring
    Hhere farms and forests exist side-by-side in Tigray, Ethiopia.
    • data
    • landscapes
    • forest monitoring
    Forests
    Insights
    October 26, 2021

    Seeing the Trees Outside of Dense Forests Just Got Easier

    • data
    • landscapes
    • forest monitoring
    Hhere farms and forests exist side-by-side in Tigray, Ethiopia.
    • data
    • landscapes
    • forest monitoring
    Cities
    Insights
    October 19, 2021

    7 Major Transformations to Solve Urban Inequality

    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • land use
    • data
    • infrastructure
    • Equity & Governance
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • COP26
    An aerial view of a cluster of small homes next to luxury buildings, all surrounded by trees.
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • land use
    • data
    • infrastructure
    • Equity & Governance
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • COP26
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    May 4, 2021

    How Local Data Is Accelerating Land Restoration in Ethiopia

    • data
    • restoration
    • climate impacts
    A green, hilly landscape in Lalibela, Ethiopia
    • data
    • restoration
    • climate impacts
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 9, 2021

    The Payoffs of Open Climate Data

    • Climate
    • data
    Ramani Huria workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    • Climate
    • data
    Forests
    Insights
    July 30, 2020

    The Challenge of Tracking How a Trillion Trees Grow

    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • data
    • restoration
    • Forests
    A hilly, partially forested landscape in Kenya. Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI.
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • data
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    September 4, 2019

    For the Millions of East Africans Who Need Electricity Most, Data Shows Renewable Energy Is a Viable – and Affordable – Solution

    • mapping
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 4
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Electricity has far-reaching impacts on people's livelihoods. This Tanzanian tailor can sew at night thanks to solar power. Photo by Theo Steemers/USAID
    • mapping
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 4
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Insights
    July 29, 2019

    5 Questions About Agricultural Emissions, Answered

    • Food
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • data
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Beef comprise a significant portion of agricultural emissions.
    • Food
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • data
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Energy
    Insights
    June 20, 2019

    Without Solar, Some Indian Doctors Must Operate in the Dark

    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • renewable energy
    • Equity & Governance
    Rooftop solar panels on Sadar Hospital in Hazaribaug, India
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • renewable energy
    • Equity & Governance
    Energy
    Insights
    April 30, 2019

    Kenya’s Farmers Battle Drought through Biodiesel Made from Cotton Waste

    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • waste
    • Energy
    Abel Mutie, a Kenyan farmer
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • waste
    • Energy
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    March 13, 2019

    In Kenya’s Rural Health Clinics, Business Performance and Renewables Go Hand-in-Hand

    • Energy
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Joyce Onyino and patients at her health clinic in rural Kenya
    • Energy
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • Energy Access
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Insights
    March 5, 2019

    The Data Revolution Hasn't Yet Hit Agriculture

    • data
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Forests
    Farmer harvests wheat in Mojo, Ethiopia. Photo by Peter Lowe/CIMMYT
    • data
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Forests
    News
    January 2, 2019

    ADVISORY: WRI’s Stories to Watch 2019

    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • data
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • data
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Business
    Africa
    Insights
    November 29, 2018

    How Distributed Solar Helps Pregnant Women in Rural Kenya

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • health
    • poverty
    • renewable energy
    Maasai woman
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • health
    • poverty
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    November 5, 2018

    Cleaner-Burning Fuels at Kenyan Schools Feed Students and Protect Forests

    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • biofuels
    • illegal logging
    Kenya has lost 9 percent of its forests since 2000. Photo by pxhere
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • biofuels
    • illegal logging

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