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Clean Air under Jakarta's New Leadership

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

  • air quality
  • pollution
  • air quality
  • pollution

5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

  • cities
  • climate change
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • urban development
The DistritoTec project in Monterrey, Mexico is drawing people back to a denser, safer and livable inner city. Photo by Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • cities
  • climate change
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • urban development

Collaboration on Nature-Based Solutions is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure

  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • urban development
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.
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • urban development
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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.
  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • investment

Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather than Up. 3 Reasons That’s a Problem

  • cities
  • governance
  • poverty
  • urban development
Informal settlements at the edge of Mumbai, India. Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes
  • cities
  • governance
  • poverty
  • urban development
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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
  • investment

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

Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

  • cities
  • urban development
  • cities
  • urban development
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Curbing Climate Change and Preventing Deaths from Air Pollution Go Hand-in-Hand

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

  • air quality
  • climate change
  • pollution
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
Air conditioning units in Hong Kong. Flickr/Niall Kennedy
  • air quality
  • climate change
  • pollution
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
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Unlocking Climate Action: When Nations, States and Cities Reinforce Each Other, Everybody Wins

  • climate policy
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration
Biking in Copenhagen. Flickr/Mikael Colville Andersen
  • climate policy
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration
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Making Food Production and Land Use More Sustainable Could Yield $2.3 Trillion in Economic Benefits

  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • economic valuation
  • food
  • forest products
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • landscape restoration
Harvesting oil palm in Indonesia. Photo by Aul Rah/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • economic valuation
  • food
  • forest products
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • landscape restoration
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Low-Carbon Growth Is a $26 Trillion Opportunity. Here Are 4 Ways to Seize It.

  • business opportunity
  • business risk
  • climate change
  • economics
  • investment
Solar panels and wind turbines. Photo by Kenueone/Pixabay
  • business opportunity
  • business risk
  • climate change
  • economics
  • investment
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Aligning Ambitions: The Case for Including Restoration Targets in Climate Goals

  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • landscape restoration
Tree-planting in the Lake Abaya watershed of Southern Ethiopia (Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI)
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • landscape restoration
Life at WRI Indonesia

On Being a Researcher: A Struggle to Differentiate Between Assumption and Reality

  • landscape restoration
  • peatland
  • Life at WRI Indonesia
  • landscape restoration
  • peatland
  • Life at WRI Indonesia

Moving Beyond “Take, Make, Waste”: Developing Cities Show the Possibilities of the Circular Economy

  • Cities & Transport
  • economy
  • sustainable cities
  • urban development
  • Cities & Transport
  • economy
  • sustainable cities
  • urban development

3 Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • economics
  • green infrastructure
  • investment
  • Paris Agreement
  • sustainable development goals
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • economics
  • green infrastructure
  • investment
  • Paris Agreement
  • sustainable development goals