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

  • cities
  • 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
  • cities
  • climate change
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • urban development
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Climate Action Must Progress Far Faster to Achieve 1.5 C Goal

  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • electricity
  • forest
  • industry
  • Paris Agreement
  • renewable energy
  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • electricity
  • forest
  • industry
  • Paris Agreement
  • renewable energy
Life at WRI Indonesia

Crafting Inspirational Stories through #CeritaKita

  • Communications
  • Work From Home
  • Life at WRI Indonesia
Interviewing the sources for online #CeritaKita contents.
  • Communications
  • Work From Home
  • Life at WRI Indonesia

Collaboration on Nature-Based Solutions is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure

  • sustainable cities
  • 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.
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable cities initiative
  • urban development
Life at WRI Indonesia

Build Back Better from Within: Why Personal Leadership Matters Now More than Ever

  • adaptation
  • emisi
  • Work From Home
  • Life at WRI Indonesia
From dusk till dawn: leaders and teams should stay close to each other in a dynamic fashion. Photo by Hudson Hintze/Unsplash
  • adaptation
  • emisi
  • Work From Home
  • Life at WRI Indonesia

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

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
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration

Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

  • cities
  • urban development
  • cities
  • urban development
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The world is poised to quickly blow through its "carbon budget," the amount we can emit and still keep temperature rise to 1.5°C. Photo by Marcus Wong/Wikimedia Commons
  • carbon
  • climate change
  • climate science
  • IPCC
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The IPCC finds that limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C will bring less severe impacts than if the world warms by 2°C. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Ramsey/U.S. Navy
  • climate change
  • climate science
  • IPCC
  • local impacts
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8 Things You Need to Know About the IPCC 1.5˚C Report

  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • climate science
  • emissions
  • IPCC
  • local impacts
The world is way off track from its agreed-upon goal of limiting warming to 1.5˚C-2˚C (2.7-3.6˚ F). Photo by Chistopher Michel/Wikimedia Commons
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • climate science
  • emissions
  • IPCC
  • local impacts
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Unlocking Climate Action: When Nations, States and Cities Reinforce Each Other, Everybody Wins

  • climate policy
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration
Biking in Copenhagen. Flickr/Mikael Colville Andersen
  • climate policy
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration
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Making Food Production and Land Use More Sustainable Could Yield $2.3 Trillion in Economic Benefits

  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • economic valuation
  • food
  • forest products
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • landscape restoration
Harvesting oil palm in Indonesia. Photo by Aul Rah/Flickr
  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • economic valuation
  • food
  • forest products
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • landscape restoration
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Aligning Ambitions: The Case for Including Restoration Targets in Climate Goals

  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • landscape restoration
Tree-planting in the Lake Abaya watershed of Southern Ethiopia (Photo by Aaron Minnick/WRI)
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • landscape restoration
Life at WRI Indonesia

On Being a Researcher: A Struggle to Differentiate Between Assumption and Reality

  • landscape restoration
  • peatland
  • Life at WRI Indonesia
  • landscape restoration
  • peatland
  • Life at WRI Indonesia

Moving Beyond “Take, Make, Waste”: Developing Cities Show the Possibilities of the Circular Economy

  • Cities & Transport
  • economy
  • sustainable cities
  • urban development
  • Cities & Transport
  • economy
  • sustainable cities
  • urban development

Good Data could Save Two Million Hectares of Degraded Conservation Areas

  • Climate
  • data
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • landscape restoration
  • restorasi hutan
  • Climate
  • data
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • landscape restoration
  • restorasi hutan

Conserving Forests Could Cut Carbon Emissions As Much As Getting Rid of Every Car on Earth

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • landscape restoration
  • peat
  • peatland
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • landscape restoration
  • peat
  • peatland

From Tree-Planting Drones to Shade-Grown Tea: Businesses Are Making Money by Reforesting the Planet

  • Climate
  • business
  • climate
  • finance
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • investment
  • landscape restoration
  • Climate
  • business
  • climate
  • finance
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • investment
  • landscape restoration