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Build Back Better: Fighting the Pandemic and Individual Emissions Together

  • Cities & Transport
  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • emissions
By avoiding travel and staying at home, we fight the coronavirus pandemic and reducing individual emissions at the same time. Photo by Brian Wangenheim/Unsplash
  • Cities & Transport
  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
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Peatlands Must Stay Wet

  • forest restoration
  • lahan gambut
  • peat
  • restorasi hutan
Abdul Manan, memperbaiki sekat kanal, kala Presiden Joko Widodo, datang ke Desa Sungai Tohor, Riau, akhir November 2014. Warga berupaya menahan air agar tak lepas dengan membuat sekat-sekat di kanal. Kredit foto: Indra Nugraha/ Mongabay Indonesia
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Personalizing Carbon-Footprint from Our Travels to Mobilize Climate Action

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • low carbon
  • low carbon cities
Different transport systems and use pattern lead to different emissions and offsetting potentials.Photo credit: WRI Indonesia
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3 Things to Consider Before Moving Indonesia's Capital from Jakarta

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • water risk
Jakarta skyline. Flickr/Alex Hanoko
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3 Main Causes of Floods in Indonesia and How to Prevent Them

  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • deforestation
  • water
  • water risk
Sekitar 640.000 orang di Indonesia terdampak bencana banjir setiap tahunnya. Kredit foto: Pinot Dita/Flickr
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • deforestation
  • water
  • water risk
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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)
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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
Para peserta Jelajah Konservasi. Foto oleh Umi Purnamasari/WRI Indonesia
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Forest are of Immense Value to Cities

  • Cities & Transport
  • kota berkelanjutan
  • kota rendah karbon
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Taking Stock of Indonesia’s Progress

  • climatewatchindonesia
  • climate change
  • forests
  • greenhouse gas emissions
Pontianak traffic near Kapuas bridge in West Kalimantan, Indonesia / Credit: Ramadian Bachtia/CIFOR
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  • climate change
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  • greenhouse gas emissions
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Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

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  • cities
  • IPCC
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  • IPCC

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
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  • landscape restoration

Restoration Target vs. Degraded Land in National Parks by Region

  • data
  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • forest restoration
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  • forest restoration

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

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  • forest restoration
  • peatland
  • sustainable development goals
Forest in Baliem Valley, West Papua. Flickr/Axel Drainville
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  • sustainable development goals
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IPCC 1.5° Report: We Need to Build and Live Differently in Cities

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  • cities
  • climate change
  • IPCC
  • low carbon cities
Wiping down rooftop solar panels in Mumbai. Flickr/The Climate Group
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  • cities
  • climate change
  • IPCC
  • low carbon cities

PODCAST: Putting People at the Heart of Restoring Degraded Land

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  • forest restoration
Gatsibo District Forest Officer, agronomists and farmer representatives participate in a social network analysis workshop. Credit: WRI/Kathleen Buckingham
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  • forest restoration
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By the Numbers: The Value of Tropical Forests in the Climate Change Equation

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  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forests
Community groups visit a site of tree clearing in Riau, Indonesia. Flickr/WRI
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Unlocking Climate Action: When Nations, States and Cities Reinforce Each Other, Everybody Wins

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  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration
Biking in Copenhagen. Flickr/Mikael Colville Andersen
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