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Clean Air under Jakarta's New Leadership

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Langit biru Jakarta
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Red Alert: 3 Strategies for Reducing Toxic Ozone Pollution

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How to Build a Circular Economy

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  • business
  • emissions
  • food waste
  • green economy
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • natural resources
  • sustainability initiative
  • sustainable business
A circular economy can help mitigate the climate crisis, and makes social and financial sense. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
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The Ocean Genome Helps Fight Disease: Here's How We Save It

  • conservation
  • 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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The Coronavirus Pandemic Could Give Business Leaders a Broader Mandate for Sustainability

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The COVID-19 crisis could be a turning point for business. Photo by Cicero Group/Flickr
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Coastal Communities in Kaimana. Photo credit: Ines Ayostina/WRI
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Curbing Climate Change and Preventing Deaths from Air Pollution Go Hand-in-Hand

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  • air quality
  • climate change
  • 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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3 Charts Explain One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities to Address Climate Change and Poverty

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  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
Air conditioning units in Hong Kong. Flickr/Niall Kennedy
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Barriers to a Circular Economy: 5 Reasons the World Wastes So Much Stuff (and Why It's Not Just the Consumer's Fault)

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  • corporate sustainability
  • economy
  • food waste
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Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

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  • Climate
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  • forest restoration
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  • Paris Agreement
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Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Narrow Traffic Lanes Make Cities Safer

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Cities neglect traffic safety

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Indonesian Fires Create “Hazardous” Levels of Air Pollution in Singapore

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  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Haze
  • Indonesia forest fires
Singapore during the 2013 haze crisis. Photo by Choo Yut Shing/Flickr.
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Fires Spread Across Indonesia as Parliament Approves Haze Treaty

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  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
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  • timber
Forest fires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo credit: Billy Gabriel/Flickr
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Preventing Forest Fires in Indonesia: Focus on Riau Province, Peatland, and Illegal Burning

  • Climate
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  • forests
  • Haze
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
A comprehensive, proactive fires prevention plan, with a special emphasis on key subdistricts in Riau Province—involving government, business, and NGOs—can help ensure that Indonesia’s forests continue generating economic, social, and environmental benefits for years to come. Photo credit: Wakx/Flickr
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