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Flight Decisions Matter for Climate Change

  • Cities & Transport
  • sustainability initiative
For years, airlines have experimented with biofuels, aiming to reduce both carbon emissions and their reliance on fossil fuels. It’s been a turbulent journey buffeted by inconsistent investment and the periodic lure of cheap oil. (Bloomberg/The Jakarta Post/File)
  • Cities & Transport
  • sustainability initiative
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Sustainable management of mangroves is utilized as an ecotourism in Nusa Lembongan, Bali. Photo credit: Ines Ayostina/WRI Indonesia
  • Climate
  • carbon
  • oceans
Farmers in Yogyakarta. Indonesia’s government is charting a new, low carbon path to development. Photo by the International Rice Research Institute.
  • Climate
  • low carbon
  • low carbon development

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

Forest are of Immense Value to Cities

  • Cities & Transport
  • kota berkelanjutan
  • kota rendah karbon
  • Cities & Transport
  • kota berkelanjutan
  • kota rendah karbon
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Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • IPCC
  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • IPCC

Annual Forest Cover Loss in Papua Island, Indonesia

  • Climate
  • deforestasi
  • peatland
  • Climate
  • deforestasi
  • peatland

Forest Cover Loss in Different Forest Legal Class, Papua

  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • peatland
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • peatland

Forest Loss Inside and Outside Peatland, Papua

  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • peatland
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • peatland

Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

  • cities
  • urban development
  • cities
  • urban development
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IPCC 1.5° Report: We Need to Build and Live Differently in Cities

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • climate change
  • IPCC
  • low carbon cities
Wiping down rooftop solar panels in Mumbai. Flickr/The Climate Group
  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • climate change
  • IPCC
  • low carbon cities
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  • cities
  • forests
  • water
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With Transportation Data, These Cities Became More Sustainable and Socially Inclusive

  • Cities & Transport
  • access to information
  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • transportation
Bus in Quito. Flickr/Malcolm K.
  • Cities & Transport
  • access to information
  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • transportation