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    Research Insights
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 21, 2016

    Signs of Worry, Signs of Hope on World Water Day

    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • Cities
    • wastewater
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Children in India carry water.
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • Cities
    • wastewater
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Forests
    Insights
    March 18, 2016

    Linking Products to Places: The Initiatives Working to End Deforestation

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Harvesting logs in Malaysia.
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Asia
    Insights
    March 18, 2016

    5 Questions: What Does China’s New Five-Year Plan Mean for Climate Action?

    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Installation of solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of the Hongqiao Passenger Rail Terminal in Shanghai, China.
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    March 16, 2016

    DC’s Metro Closure Shows Why Creating Trust in Public Transit Matters

    • public transit
    • health
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • health
    • transportation
    Asia
    Insights
    March 16, 2016

    A Golden Opportunity for China to Embrace Green Growth

    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Manufacturing solar cells in Wuxi, China.
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Forests
    Insights
    March 15, 2016

    Can Plantations Help Restore Degraded and Deforested Land?

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Plantation for plywood production in Mettupalayam, India.
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 11, 2016

    With New Joint Announcement with Canada, US Gets Serious About Cutting Methane Emissions

    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • fossil fuels
    Natural gas well
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • fossil fuels
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    March 10, 2016

    What Indonesia Doesn’t Know About Peatlands Could Undermine its Climate Goals

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    • wetlands
    Peat swamp forests of the Katingan Peatland Reserve in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    • wetlands
    Climate
    Insights
    March 9, 2016

    Climate Change: The Critical Topic Presidential Debates Are Leaving Out

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Flooding in Key West, Fla.
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 8, 2016

    Death of Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres Underscores the Need for Environmental Democracy

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Berta Cáceres works with the people of Rio Blanco to set up a road blockade in protest of a dam.
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Finance
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 7, 2016

    How Uruguay Became a Wind Power Powerhouse

    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Sierra de los Caracoles wind farm in Uruguay.
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 7, 2016

    If You Care About the Environment, You Should Care About Gender

    • Gender
    • human rights
    A woman collects firewood in India’s Western Ghats.
    • Gender
    • human rights
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    March 4, 2016

    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Releases New Environmental and Social Standards. How Do They Stack Up?

    • climate finance
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Redevelopment of Dachong Village, Nanshan, Shenzhen
    • climate finance
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    Insights
    March 4, 2016

    After COP21: 7 Key Tasks to Implement the Paris Agreement

    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Crowd by the Eiffel Tower in Paris during COP21
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 3, 2016

    China’s Climate Action: Looking Back, and Looking Ahead to the 13th Five-Year Plan

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Wind Power Generators, Beijing
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 2, 2016

    A New Global Goal: Doubling Community and Indigenous Land by 2020

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    rice harvesting
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    Forests
    Insights
    March 2, 2016

    We Know How Forests Changed this Month, Thanks to New Satellite Alerts

    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Cordillera Azul National Park
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 1, 2016

    Carbon Tax vs. Cap-and-Trade: What’s a Better Policy to Cut Emissions?

    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    Xcel Energy's Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, near Becker, Minnesota.
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 26, 2016

    4 Reasons States and Utilities Should Continue Reducing Power Emissions, Despite Clean Power Plan Stay

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    solar panels
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants

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