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    Insights
    January 11, 2019

    7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

    • Finance
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    • Forests
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    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
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    California wildfire
    • Finance
    • Climate
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    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    Videos
    January 11, 2019

    Stories to Watch 2019

    • stories to watch
    • stories to watch
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
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    January 3, 2019

    Bamboo: Malawi’s Unexpected Tool for Climate Change Resilience

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • restoration
    Bamboo nursery
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • climate change
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    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
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    December 27, 2018

    2018: A Year of Climate Extremes

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Fire in Pendleton, California
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Climate
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    December 21, 2018

    COP24 Climate Change Package Brings Paris Agreement to Life

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    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    • climate change
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    • COP24
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
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    December 21, 2018

    This Month in Climate Science: More Winter Crime, Dying Shellfish, Drier Forests

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    • climate change
    Climate
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    December 19, 2018

    Event Recap: High-level Representatives from G20 Nations Push for Long-term Climate Strategies

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    • long-term strategies
    • G20
    • long-term strategies
    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    December 19, 2018

    INSIDER: Finance Deal at COP 24 Includes Important Breakthroughs, But Delivery Will Be Crucial

    • COP24
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    Leaving Katowice, climate finance advocates find a mixed bag. Flickr/Piotr Drabik
    • COP24
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    Cities
    Africa
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    December 18, 2018

    Johannesburg Fights Inequality with Transit-Oriented Development

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • world resources report
    Contrasting high and low income housing juxtaposed in Bloubosrand, Johannesburg, June 2016. Photo: Christina Culwick
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • world resources report
    Climate
    Initiatives
    December 18, 2018

    Global Commission on Adaptation

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    Technical Perspectives
    December 18, 2018

    INSIDER: Development Bank Investments in Electricity Transmission and Distribution Should Align with the Paris Agreement

    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • multilateral development banks
    Power tower. Flickr/Robbie V
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate finance
    • multilateral development banks
    Forests
    Latin America
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    December 18, 2018

    Restoring Rio de Janeiro’s Forests Could Save $79 Million in Water Treatment Costs

    • Freshwater
    • restoration
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    Rio de Janeiro is surrounded by forested hills. Photo by Carlos Ortega/Flickr
    • Freshwater
    • restoration
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality

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