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Benchmarks for Success for COP28

  • COP
  • COP

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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Cities4Forests

A 5-Step Plan to Protect and Restore Indonesia's Forests

  • agroforestry
  • biodiversity
  • deforestation
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • sustainable development goals
Forest on the Mamberamo River in Papua. Flickr/CIFOR
  • agroforestry
  • biodiversity
  • deforestation
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • sustainable development goals

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
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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

CO2 Emission from Forest Loss and Peat

  • deforestation
  • peatland
  • sustainable development goals
  • deforestation
  • peatland
  • sustainable development goals
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Jokowi Must Attend COP24

  • climate
  • 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
  • climate
  • COP
  • international climate policy
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3 Issues to Watch at the COP24 Climate Summit

  • climate change
  • COP
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
COP24 will take place in Katowice, Poland from December 3-14, 2018. Photo by Umkatowice/Wikimedia Commons
  • climate change
  • COP
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement

Indonesia's Last Forest Frontier: 3 Facts to Know About Papua

  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • peatland
  • sustainable development goals
Forest in Baliem Valley, West Papua. Flickr/Axel Drainville
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • peatland
  • sustainable development goals
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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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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

7 Reasons We're Facing a Global Water Crisis

  • sustainable development goals
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress
  • sustainable development goals
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress

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

Tackling Climate Change is Part of Many Countries’ Sustainable Development Plans

  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • climate
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations (UN)
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • climate
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations (UN)

Green vs. Gray Infrastructure: When Nature Is Better than Concrete

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • ecosystem services
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • green infrastructure
  • Rio+20
  • sustainable development goals
  • water
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • ecosystem services
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • green infrastructure
  • Rio+20
  • sustainable development goals
  • water

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
Insights

Visualizing a Warmer World: 10 Maps of Climate Vulnerability

  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • local impacts
  • Mapping
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • local impacts
  • Mapping