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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
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  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • adaptation
  • climate
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Forest are of Immense Value to Cities

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

  • Cities & Transport
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  • IPCC
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IPCC 1.5° Report: We Need to Build and Live Differently in Cities

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  • climate change
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  • low carbon cities
Wiping down rooftop solar panels in Mumbai. Flickr/The Climate Group
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3 Charts Explain One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities to Address Climate Change and Poverty

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  • pollution
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
Air conditioning units in Hong Kong. Flickr/Niall Kennedy
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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

3 Reasons City Dwellers Should Care About Forests

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  • hutan
  • iklim
  • kota berkelanjutan
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Moving Beyond “Take, Make, Waste”: Developing Cities Show the Possibilities of the Circular Economy

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  • economy
  • sustainable cities
  • urban development
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Tackling Climate Change is Part of Many Countries’ Sustainable Development Plans

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

3 Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future

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  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • economics
  • green infrastructure
  • investment
  • Paris Agreement
  • sustainable development goals
  • Forests & Land Use
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What Are the Environmental Costs of Valentine’s Day Flowers?

  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • pollution
  • water stress
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  • pollution
  • water stress

Photo Essay: How Climate Change Affects the Urban Poor in India and Indonesia

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  • adaptation
  • cities
  • climate change
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Cities & Transport
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  • India
  • Indonesia

Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

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  • forest restoration
  • international climate policy
  • oceans
  • oil and gas
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23 Terms to Know at COP23

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Can electric vehicles be green heroes?

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • energy
  • Indonesia
  • renewable energy
  • sustainable cities
  • transportation
  • Cities & Transport
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Life at WRI Indonesia

WRI Global Office Internship: The Call from Home

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  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • climate change
  • energy
  • forest
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  • Life at WRI Indonesia
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Powering Cities in the Global South: How Energy Access for All Benefits the Economy and the Environment

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  • renewable energy
  • urban development
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  • urban development
Life at WRI Indonesia

WRI Launches Wahana Riset Young Researchers Program

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  • Climate
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  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • sustainable cities
  • Life at WRI Indonesia
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  • Cities & Transport
  • climate
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  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • sustainable cities
  • Life at WRI Indonesia

Fires Spread Across Indonesia as Parliament Approves Haze Treaty

  • air quality
  • emissions
  • fire
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
  • pollution
  • timber
Forest fires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo credit: Billy Gabriel/Flickr
  • air quality
  • emissions
  • fire
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil
  • pollution
  • timber