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4 Benefits of Participatory Tree Mapping for Jakarta's Development

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • green infrastructure
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities
Pepohonan di tengah kota Jakarta. Kredit foto: ssopian88/pixabay
  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • green infrastructure
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities
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Responding to Coronavirus: Low-carbon Investments Can Help Economies Recover

  • coronavirus
  • low carbon
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
Taking bold climate action, such as increasing renewable energy capacity, can stimulate economic growth while reducing air pollution. Photo by Hahaheditor12667/Wikimedia Commons
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  • low carbon
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development
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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
  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • low carbon
  • low carbon cities

Indonesia Is Reducing Deforestation, but Problem Areas Remain

  • deforestation
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • peatland
Tree cover loss in Indonesia declined for the second year in a row in 2018, but problem areas remain in some provinces. Photo by Josh Estey/AusAID
  • deforestation
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • peatland
Forest and peat fires in Riau, Indonesia. Photo by Julius Lawalata/WRI
  • Fires
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • palm oil

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
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  • 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
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3 Charts Explain One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities to Address Climate Change and Poverty

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

The Human Cost of Climate Change

  • climate
  • climate change
  • drought
  • water stress
  • climate
  • climate change
  • drought
  • water stress

For Indigenous Peoples, Losing Land Can Mean Losing Lives

  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • poverty
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • poverty
  • fire
  • forests
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • peat
  • peatland

Global Tree Cover Loss Rose 51 Percent in 2016

  • fire
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • Pengawasan Hutan Global (GFW)
  • fire
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • Pengawasan Hutan Global (GFW)

Exploring Indonesia's Long and Complicated History of Forest Fires

  • Fires
  • forests
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • kebakaran hutan Indonesia
  • Fires
  • forests
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • kebakaran hutan Indonesia

How Indonesia is stepping up fight against climate change

  • climate change
  • emissions
  • forest
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • climate change
  • emissions
  • forest
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires

Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Narrow Traffic Lanes Make Cities Safer

  • cities
  • health and road safety
  • road safety
  • traffic
  • transport
  • transportation
  • cities
  • health and road safety
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  • traffic
  • transport
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Cities neglect traffic safety

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  • sustainable cities
  • traffic
  • cities
  • sustainable cities
  • traffic
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Towards a More Equal City