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Mapping, Management, and Mitigation: How Peatlands Can Advance Climate Action in Southeast Asia

  • climate
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • Mapping
  • peat
  • peatland
Despite playing a major role in climate action, peatlands have been deforested and drained for agricultural lands. Photo credit: Nanang Sujana/CIFOR
  • climate
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • Mapping
  • peat
  • peatland
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How to Build a Circular Economy

  • Cities & Transport
  • 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.
  • Cities & Transport
  • business
  • emissions
  • food waste
  • green economy
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • natural resources
  • sustainability initiative
  • sustainable business
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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
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • fisheries
  • food
  • marine
  • oceans
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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
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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.
  • conservation
  • 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
  • Climate
  • Build Back Better
  • climate change
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • forest
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The Coronavirus Pandemic Could Give Business Leaders a Broader Mandate for Sustainability

  • business
  • business opportunity
  • sustainable business
The COVID-19 crisis could be a turning point for business. Photo by Cicero Group/Flickr
  • business
  • business opportunity
  • sustainable business

The World Lost a Belgium-sized Area of Primary Rainforests Last Year

  • deforestation
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Mapping
Primary rainforests are critically important for storing carbon and providing habitat for jaguars, orangutans, gorillas and other animals. Photo by stokpic/Pixabay
  • deforestation
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Mapping
Data
  • business
  • climate
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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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The World Is Burning. Here Are 5 Things Companies Should Do About It.

  • business
  • climate change
  • corporate sustainability
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • Paris Agreement
Wildfires in California. Photo by Stuart Palley/U.S. Forest Service
  • business
  • climate change
  • corporate sustainability
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • Paris Agreement
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  • economics
  • peat
  • peatland

Barriers to a Circular Economy: 5 Reasons the World Wastes So Much Stuff (and Why It's Not Just the Consumer's Fault)

  • business
  • corporate sustainability
  • economy
  • food waste
  • sustainable business
  • business
  • corporate sustainability
  • economy
  • food waste
  • sustainable business

Why 2018 Is the Year for Business to Step Up Climate Action

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • business
  • economics
  • World Economic Forum
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • business
  • economics
  • World Economic Forum

Redefining Business with Environmental Restoration

  • Climate
  • business
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • Climate
  • business
  • forest
  • forest restoration

Power Plants Use Water, But We Have No Idea How Much

  • Climate
  • coal
  • Mapping
  • oil and gas
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress
  • Climate
  • coal
  • Mapping
  • oil and gas
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress

3 Steps for Tackling Food Loss and Waste

  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • economics
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste
  • hunger
Rotten fruits.
  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • economics
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste
  • hunger