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How Emerging Economies Can Pursue Green Recoveries

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Photo credit: Ricky Martin/CIFOR
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This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World's Top 10 Emitters

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The world's top emitters have changed since world leaders met in Paris, France to adopt the Paris Agreement. Photo by Anthony Delanoix/Unsplash
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5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

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The DistritoTec project in Monterrey, Mexico is drawing people back to a denser, safer and livable inner city. Photo by Tecnológico de Monterrey
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Climate Action Must Progress Far Faster to Achieve 1.5 C Goal

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How to Build a Circular Economy

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A circular economy can help mitigate the climate crisis, and makes social and financial sense. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
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Life at WRI Indonesia

Steps to Continue Our Real Actions on the Field During a Pandemic

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Bibit untuk rehabilitasi Hutan Desa Tandun (Sumber foto: Ali Imran)
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Collaboration on Nature-Based Solutions is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure

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Departments that work together on projects and use natural infrastructure, like the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore, can achieve a variety of benefits. Photo by Stefano/Flickr.
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An Indonesian Green New Deal

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The Green New Deal aims to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create high-paying jobs, ensure that clean air, clean water and healthy food are available as basic human rights and end all forms of oppression. Photo credit: JP/Dhoni Setiawan
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Imagine Indonesia with Restored Forests, Mangroves

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In pursuing even greater ambition in President Jokowi’s second term, Indonesia could be a beacon to the world, at a time when environmental leadership is sorely needed. Photo credit: JP/Hotli Simanjuntak
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Indonesia Is Reducing Deforestation, but Problem Areas Remain

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Tree cover loss in Indonesia declined for the second year in a row in 2018, but problem areas remain in some provinces. Photo by Josh Estey/AusAID
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Forest and peat fires in Riau, Indonesia. Photo by Julius Lawalata/WRI
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A 5-Step Plan to Protect and Restore Indonesia's Forests

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Forest on the Mamberamo River in Papua. Flickr/CIFOR
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Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather than Up. 3 Reasons That’s a Problem

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Informal settlements at the edge of Mumbai, India. Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes
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7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

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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
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3 Issues to Watch at the COP24 Climate Summit

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COP24 will take place in Katowice, Poland from December 3-14, 2018. Photo by Umkatowice/Wikimedia Commons
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Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

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Curbing Climate Change and Preventing Deaths from Air Pollution Go Hand-in-Hand

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  • Paris Agreement
Curbing short-lived climate pollutants can also reduce air pollution-related deaths. Photo by Nicolò Lazzati/Global Panorama/Flickr
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The G20 meeting with take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina in November 2018. Photo by HalloweenHJB/Pixabay
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The World Is Burning. Here Are 5 Things Companies Should Do About It.

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Wildfires in California. Photo by Stuart Palley/U.S. Forest Service
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Forests: The Cinderella of Climate Solutions

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