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

  • climate
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • Mapping
  • peat
  • peatland
Despite playing a major role in climate action, peatlands have been deforested and drained for agricultural lands. Photo credit: Nanang Sujana/CIFOR
  • climate
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • Mapping
  • peat
  • peatland

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
  • electricity
  • emisi
  • emisi gas rumah kaca
  • fashion
  • food
  • transport
  • waste
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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
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How to Build a Circular Economy

  • Cities & Transport
  • business
  • emissions
  • food waste
  • green economy
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • natural resources
  • sustainability initiative
  • sustainable business
A circular economy can help mitigate the climate crisis, and makes social and financial sense. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
  • Cities & Transport
  • business
  • emissions
  • food waste
  • green economy
  • greenhouse gasses (GHG)
  • natural resources
  • sustainability initiative
  • sustainable business
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The Coronavirus Pandemic Could Give Business Leaders a Broader Mandate for Sustainability

  • business
  • business opportunity
  • sustainable business
The COVID-19 crisis could be a turning point for business. Photo by Cicero Group/Flickr
  • business
  • business opportunity
  • sustainable business

The World Lost a Belgium-sized Area of Primary Rainforests Last Year

  • deforestation
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Mapping
Primary rainforests are critically important for storing carbon and providing habitat for jaguars, orangutans, gorillas and other animals. Photo by stokpic/Pixabay
  • deforestation
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Mapping

Barriers to a Circular Economy: 5 Reasons the World Wastes So Much Stuff (and Why It's Not Just the Consumer's Fault)

  • business
  • corporate sustainability
  • economy
  • food waste
  • sustainable business
  • business
  • corporate sustainability
  • economy
  • food waste
  • sustainable business

Power Plants Use Water, But We Have No Idea How Much

  • Climate
  • coal
  • Mapping
  • oil and gas
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress
  • Climate
  • coal
  • Mapping
  • oil and gas
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress
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Visualizing a Warmer World: 10 Maps of Climate Vulnerability

  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • local impacts
  • Mapping
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • local impacts
  • Mapping
Life at WRI Indonesia

Women and 3D Mock-Up

  • Climate
  • forests
  • gender
  • Mapping
  • Life at WRI Indonesia
  • Climate
  • forests
  • gender
  • Mapping
  • Life at WRI Indonesia

5 Maps Show How Important Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are to the Environment

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • Mapping
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • indigenous people
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • Mapping

Places to Watch: 5 Forests at Risk This Month

  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Mapping
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • Mapping

3 Ways Governments Can Prevent Fake Data on Forests

  • data
  • deforestasi
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Mapping
  • data
  • deforestasi
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Mapping

Opposing a Contempt of State with One Map

  • forest
  • Mapping
  • forest
  • Mapping
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • Mapping
  • water
  • water risk
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As Indonesia’s Dry Season Looms, a New Tool Can Predict Daily Forest Fire Risk

  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • Mapping
  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • Mapping

Destruction of Tropical Peatland Is an Overlooked Source of Emissions

  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • Indonesia
  • Mapping
  • maps
  • palm oil
Peat drainage canals, combined with fire, are used to make land more suitable for agriculture. Photo by Nancy Harris/Flickr
  • agriculture
  • deforestation
  • degraded land
  • Indonesia
  • Mapping
  • maps
  • palm oil
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When Could the Paris Agreement Take Effect? Interactive Map Sheds Light

  • climate
  • climate data
  • COP21
  • international climate policy
  • Mapping
  • maps
  • Paris Agreement
  • UNFCCC
The Paris Agreement Tracker enables people to monitor countries’ progress toward ratifying the Paris Agreement, and allows users to create their own combinations for bringing it into force.
  • climate
  • climate data
  • COP21
  • international climate policy
  • Mapping
  • maps
  • Paris Agreement
  • UNFCCC

We Can Save Tigers from Extinction, with a Little Help from Satellites

  • deforestation
  • Endangered Species
  • forests
  • Mapping
  • deforestation
  • Endangered Species
  • forests
  • Mapping

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