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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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By the Numbers: The Value of Tropical Forests in the Climate Change Equation

  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forests
Community groups visit a site of tree clearing in Riau, Indonesia. Flickr/WRI
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forests
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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
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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

We’ve Woken Up to Plastic Waste. Is Food Waste Next?

  • creating a sustainable food future
  • food
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste
Rotten fruits.
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • food
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste

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

Rethinking the Buffet: 3 Things Hotels Can Do Now to Reduce Food Waste

  • food
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste
Food buffet.
  • food
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste

Taking Greenhouse Gases from the Sky: 7 Things to Know About Carbon Removal

  • Climate
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • fossil fuels
  • Paris Agreement
  • renewable energy
  • Climate
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • fossil fuels
  • Paris Agreement
  • renewable energy

7 Reasons We're Facing a Global Water Crisis

  • sustainable development goals
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress
  • sustainable development goals
  • water
  • water risk
  • water stress

We Have a Collective Responsibility to Halve Food Loss and Waste

  • food
  • food loss
  • food waste
  • food
  • food loss
  • food waste

3 Steps for Tackling Food Loss and Waste

  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • economics
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste
  • hunger
Rotten fruits.
  • Climate
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • economics
  • food loss
  • food security
  • food waste
  • hunger

Tackling Climate Change is Part of Many Countries’ Sustainable Development Plans

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

Green vs. Gray Infrastructure: When Nature Is Better than Concrete

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • ecosystem services
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • green infrastructure
  • Rio+20
  • sustainable development goals
  • water
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • ecosystem services
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • green infrastructure
  • Rio+20
  • sustainable development goals
  • water

3 Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • economics
  • green infrastructure
  • investment
  • Paris Agreement
  • sustainable development goals
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • economics
  • green infrastructure
  • investment
  • Paris Agreement
  • sustainable development goals

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