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

  • climate
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • Mapping
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  • peatland
Despite playing a major role in climate action, peatlands have been deforested and drained for agricultural lands. Photo credit: Nanang Sujana/CIFOR
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  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • Mapping
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People are Key to Combating Climate Crisis. The New Version of EMISI App Can Help.

  • Cities & Transport
  • electricity
  • emisi
  • emisi gas rumah kaca
  • fashion
  • food
  • transport
  • waste
Membeli sayuran lokal di pasar terdekat bisa mengurangi emisi individu. Kredit foto: Alex Hudson/Unsplash
  • Cities & Transport
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  • emisi
  • emisi gas rumah kaca
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  • waste

5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

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  • climate change
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • urban development
The DistritoTec project in Monterrey, Mexico is drawing people back to a denser, safer and livable inner city. Photo by Tecnológico de Monterrey
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Climate Action Must Progress Far Faster to Achieve 1.5 C Goal

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  • agriculture
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  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • electricity
  • forest
  • industry
  • Paris Agreement
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Collaboration on Nature-Based Solutions is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure

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  • sustainable cities initiative
  • urban development
Departments that work together on projects and use natural infrastructure, like the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore, can achieve a variety of benefits. Photo by Stefano/Flickr.
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  • sustainable cities initiative
  • urban development

Three Benefits of Jokowi’s Permanent Ban on Forest Clearance Permit for Indonesia

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  • hutan
  • kebakaran hutan Indonesia
  • lahan gambut
Hutan Gambut di Kalimantan. Kredit foto: theconversation.com
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Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather than Up. 3 Reasons That’s a Problem

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  • governance
  • poverty
  • urban development
Informal settlements at the edge of Mumbai, India. Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes
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7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

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  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • adaptation
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  • 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
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  • green economy
  • international climate policy
  • investment

Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

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  • urban development
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Indonesia's Deforestation Dropped 60 Percent in 2017, but There's More to Do

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  • forest restoration
  • hutan
  • lahan gambut
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Fog over the forest in Kerinci-Seblat National Park. Flickr/Luke Macklin
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  • peatland

Competing with Rapidity: Forests Monitoring System to Combat Deforestation in Aceh

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  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • hutan
  • Pengawasan Hutan Global (GFW)
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  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
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  • Pengawasan Hutan Global (GFW)

3 Reasons City Dwellers Should Care About Forests

  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
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  • forest
  • hutan
  • iklim
  • kota berkelanjutan
  • sustainable cities
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Moving Beyond “Take, Make, Waste”: Developing Cities Show the Possibilities of the Circular Economy

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  • urban development
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We Know How to Save Millions from Dying on the World’s Roads

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  • health
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The First Step of Transforming Indonesia’s Peatland Governance: Know Where the Peat Is

  • Climate
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • peat
  • peatland
  • Climate
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
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23 Terms to Know at COP23

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  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
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  • climate policy
  • climate science
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ASEAN Countries Must Act Together to Confront Climate Change

  • Climate
  • Asia
  • climate agreement
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  • climate policy
  • emissions
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • international climate policy
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How Cities Can Harness the Good—and Avoid the Bad—of the New Mobility Movement

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