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The Ocean Genome Helps Fight Disease: Here's How We Save It

  • conservation
  • coronavirus
  • equity
  • international climate policy
  • oceans
Ocean ecosystems are rich sources of compounds used in medicine. Photo by Bob Embley/NOAA.
  • conservation
  • coronavirus
  • equity
  • international climate policy
  • oceans
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Build Back Better: Fighting the Pandemic and Individual Emissions Together

  • Cities & Transport
  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • emissions
By avoiding travel and staying at home, we fight the coronavirus pandemic and reducing individual emissions at the same time. Photo by Brian Wangenheim/Unsplash
  • Cities & Transport
  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • emissions
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Fishermen's livelihoods are threatened by unreported catch. Photo by Quangpraha/Pixabay
  • fisheries
  • marine
  • oceans
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Climate Change Poses an Existential Risk to Ocean Industries. Here’s How They Can Respond.

  • adaptation
  • climate
  • climate change
  • coral reefs
  • fisheries
  • marine
  • oceans
Reef diver off Chagos Islands in Indian Ocean. Photo by Mark Spalding/Flickr
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • climate change
  • coral reefs
  • fisheries
  • marine
  • oceans
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3 Things to Know for Designing Indonesia's Next Steps on Climate Change

  • climate
  • climatewatchindonesia
  • data
  • emissions
Farming rice near Yogyakarta. Photo by Gunawan Kartapranata/Wikimedia
  • climate
  • climatewatchindonesia
  • data
  • emissions
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Direct factory emissions that are polluting the surrounding communities, where carbon offsetting mechanism could be implemented to tackle this issue. Photo credit: Mirco Gugnoni / Flickr
  • carbon
  • emissions
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Budidaya laut di Papua Barat. Kredit foto: Ines Ayostina/WRI Indonesia
  • marine
  • oceans
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6 Recent Signs of Hope for the Ocean

  • biodiversity
  • coral reefs
  • oceans
Coral reef at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by US Fish and Wildlife Service/Flickr
  • biodiversity
  • coral reefs
  • oceans
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Sustainable management of mangroves is utilized as an ecotourism in Nusa Lembongan, Bali. Photo credit: Ines Ayostina/WRI Indonesia
  • Climate
  • carbon
  • oceans

Forest Cover Loss in Different Forest Legal Class, Papua

  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • peatland
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • peatland
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The G20 meeting with take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina in November 2018. Photo by HalloweenHJB/Pixabay
  • climate change
  • emissions
  • Paris Agreement
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There's Only One Ocean. This Is Its Moment.

  • climate change
  • fisheries
  • oceans
Fisherpeople come in at sunset at Sergang Laut. Flickr/Haryadi B
  • climate change
  • fisheries
  • oceans
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Mangroves protect coastlines from storms, waves and erosion. Photo by patjosse/Pixabay
  • climate change
  • oceans
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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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Can Housing Be Affordable Without Being Efficient?

  • sustainable cities
Minha Casa, Minha Vida affordable housing project in Brazil. Photo by Paulomedford/Wikimedia Commons
  • sustainable cities

Q&A: What Is the Future of Green Building?

  • cities
  • energy efficiency
  • sustainable cities
  • cities
  • energy efficiency
  • sustainable cities

The View from the Bus: Better Transportation Means Better Lives

  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • sustainable cities
  • transport
  • transportation
  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • sustainable cities
  • transport
  • transportation

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