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3 Steps to Scaling Up Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation

  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • coast ecosystems
Mangroves – which improve climate resilience and protect from coastal flooding – are one example of a nature-based solution with vast economic and climate benefits. Photo by Pat Williams/Flickr
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  • Climate
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • coast ecosystems
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8 Ways to Rebuild a Stronger Ocean Economy After COVID-19

  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • fisheries
  • food
  • marine
  • oceans
Building a more resilient blue economy after COVID-19 will be crucial to millions of people, including mariners. Photo by Nick Kocharhook/Flickr
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  • economics
  • fisheries
  • food
  • marine
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Raising Climate Ambition in the Time of COVID-19

  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • investment
In the wake of COVID-19, we must identify recovery approaches that create jobs and economic growth, while building global resilience against climate change and other crises. Photo by HCC Public Information Office/Flickr.
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The Ocean Genome Helps Fight Disease: Here's How We Save It

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  • coronavirus
  • equity
  • international climate policy
  • oceans
Ocean ecosystems are rich sources of compounds used in medicine. Photo by Bob Embley/NOAA.
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  • coronavirus
  • equity
  • international climate policy
  • oceans

Déjà vu: Anticipating the Impacts of Economic Crisis on Indonesia’s Forests

  • Climate
  • Build Back Better
  • climate change
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • forest
Protecting Indonesia's forests will provide an important contribution to Indonesia's ability to adapt to the climate change already in train. Photo by Yusuf Ahmad for WRI Indonesia
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  • climate change
  • coronavirus
  • economics
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Build Back Better: Fighting the Pandemic and Individual Emissions Together

  • Cities & Transport
  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • emissions
By avoiding travel and staying at home, we fight the coronavirus pandemic and reducing individual emissions at the same time. Photo by Brian Wangenheim/Unsplash
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Responding to Coronavirus: Low-carbon Investments Can Help Economies Recover

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  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
Taking bold climate action, such as increasing renewable energy capacity, can stimulate economic growth while reducing air pollution. Photo by Hahaheditor12667/Wikimedia Commons
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Climate Change Poses an Existential Risk to Ocean Industries. Here’s How They Can Respond.

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  • climate
  • climate change
  • coral reefs
  • fisheries
  • marine
  • oceans
Reef diver off Chagos Islands in Indian Ocean. Photo by Mark Spalding/Flickr
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  • climate change
  • coral reefs
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3 Things to Know for Designing Indonesia's Next Steps on Climate Change

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  • climatewatchindonesia
  • data
  • emissions
Farming rice near Yogyakarta. Photo by Gunawan Kartapranata/Wikimedia
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Loops can be fun. And they might save the planet! Flickr/Camille Gevaudan
  • climate
  • corporate sustainability
  • energy efficiency
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3 Things the Government Should Do to Involve Private Sector in Climate Action

  • adaptation and the private sector
  • climate
  • climate business
  • climate change
Deputy of Maritime Affairs and Natural Resources Arifin Rudiyanto opens the International Workshop of Partnership to Strengthen Transparency for Co-Innovation (PaSTI). Photo credit: Dwi Feriyanto for WRI Indonesia
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  • climate
  • climate business
  • climate change
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7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • climate agreement
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • green economy
  • international climate policy
  • investment
A firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan Freeway, aka state Highway 118, in Simi Valley, Calif. Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • climate agreement
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • green economy
  • international climate policy
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Taking Stock of Indonesia’s Progress

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  • climate change
  • forests
  • greenhouse gas emissions
Pontianak traffic near Kapuas bridge in West Kalimantan, Indonesia / Credit: Ramadian Bachtia/CIFOR
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  • forests
  • greenhouse gas emissions
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Jokowi Must Attend COP24

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  • COP
  • international climate policy
President Jokowi must attend COP24 to reiterate the importance of collaboration in facing climate change as a ‘collective enemy’. Photo credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
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  • COP
  • international climate policy
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12 Years to Exceed 1.5 Degree

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  • climate
  • emisi
Strategi dan program pembangunan nasional dan daerah harus dirancang untuk mengurangi emisi secara efektif sambil meraih pertumbuhan ekonomi yang optimum. Foto oleh Gede Suhendra/Unsplash
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  • emisi
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5 Ways the G20 Can Support Climate Action and Sustainable Development

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  • climate change
  • finance
  • green infrastructure
  • international climate policy
Buenos Aires from the Rio de la Plata. Flickr/Mariano Mantel
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  • climate change
  • finance
  • green infrastructure
  • international climate policy

Local Communities Restore Two of Indonesia's Most Threatened National Parks

  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration
Satrio Adi Wicaksono (WRI), Wiratno (Director General for Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation), and Khouni Lomban Rawung (Ambassador for Celebes crested macaque conservation), at the National Conservation Day Celebration. Credit: WRI Indonesia
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration