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A Low-Carbon Recovery Can Create Jobs and Boost Indonesia’s Economy

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • coal
  • coronavirus
  • economy
  • energy
  • forest
  • Indonesia
  • low carbon development
  • palm oil
  • renewable energy
A green stimulus can help Indonesia build back better from COVID-19. Photo by Henry Sudarman/Flickr.
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • coal
  • coronavirus
  • economy
  • energy
  • forest
  • Indonesia
  • low carbon development
  • palm oil
  • renewable energy
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Raising Climate Ambition in the Time of COVID-19

  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • investment
In the wake of COVID-19, we must identify recovery approaches that create jobs and economic growth, while building global resilience against climate change and other crises. Photo by HCC Public Information Office/Flickr.
  • Build Back Better
  • coronavirus
  • economics
  • investment
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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
  • coronavirus
  • low carbon
  • low carbon cities
  • low carbon development

An Indonesian Green New Deal

  • Climate
  • Green Climate Fund
  • green economy
  • low carbon
  • low carbon development
The Green New Deal aims to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create high-paying jobs, ensure that clean air, clean water and healthy food are available as basic human rights and end all forms of oppression. Photo credit: JP/Dhoni Setiawan
  • Climate
  • Green Climate Fund
  • green economy
  • low carbon
  • low carbon development
Farmers in Yogyakarta. Indonesia’s government is charting a new, low carbon path to development. Photo by the International Rice Research Institute.
  • Climate
  • low carbon
  • low carbon development
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7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • climate agreement
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • green economy
  • international climate policy
  • investment
A firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan Freeway, aka state Highway 118, in Simi Valley, Calif. Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP
  • Forests & Land Use
  • Climate
  • Cities & Transport
  • adaptation
  • climate
  • climate agreement
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • green economy
  • international climate policy
  • investment
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Low-Carbon Growth Is a $26 Trillion Opportunity. Here Are 4 Ways to Seize It.

  • business opportunity
  • business risk
  • climate change
  • economics
  • investment
Solar panels and wind turbines. Photo by Kenueone/Pixabay
  • business opportunity
  • business risk
  • climate change
  • economics
  • investment
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How to Tackle Domestic Wastewater Pollution? Start from the Upstream

  • health
  • public health
  • waste water
  • water
  • health
  • public health
  • waste water
  • 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

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

A One True Map, Not a No-one's Map

  • governance
  • maps
  • governance
  • maps

Save the Forests? There's Now an App for That

  • agriculture
  • business risk
  • corporate sustainability
  • deforestation
  • investment
  • agriculture
  • business risk
  • corporate sustainability
  • deforestation
  • investment

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

Linking Products to Places: The Initiatives Working to End Deforestation

  • agriculture
  • business
  • business opportunity
  • business risk
  • corporate sustainability
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • maps
  • palm oil
Harvesting logs in Malaysia. Photo by Wakx/Flickr
  • agriculture
  • business
  • business opportunity
  • business risk
  • corporate sustainability
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • maps
  • palm oil

What Indonesia Doesn’t Know About Peatlands Could Undermine its Climate Goals

  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • maps
  • peat
  • peatland
  • wetlands
Peat swamp forests of the Katingan Peatland Reserve in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by James Anderson/WRI
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • emissions
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesian Peat Prize
  • maps
  • peat
  • peatland
  • wetlands
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Leveraging the Power of the Crowd to Identify Illegal Land and Forest Fires in Indonesia

  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • maps
Forest fire in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • maps