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Red Alert: 3 Strategies for Reducing Toxic Ozone Pollution

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How to Build a Circular Economy

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A circular economy can help mitigate the climate crisis, and makes social and financial sense. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
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4 Benefits of Participatory Tree Mapping for Jakarta's Development

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Pepohonan di tengah kota Jakarta. Kredit foto: ssopian88/pixabay
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Responding to Coronavirus: Low-carbon Investments Can Help Economies Recover

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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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Personalizing Carbon-Footprint from Our Travels to Mobilize Climate Action

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Different transport systems and use pattern lead to different emissions and offsetting potentials.Photo credit: WRI Indonesia
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WRI Indonesia’s team in a tree planting offset project in West Java, March 2019. Photo credit: WRI Indonesia
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Flight Decisions Matter for Climate Change

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For years, airlines have experimented with biofuels, aiming to reduce both carbon emissions and their reliance on fossil fuels. It’s been a turbulent journey buffeted by inconsistent investment and the periodic lure of cheap oil. (Bloomberg/The Jakarta Post/File)
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IPCC 1.5° Report: We Need to Build and Live Differently in Cities

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Wiping down rooftop solar panels in Mumbai. Flickr/The Climate Group
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3 Charts Explain One of the Most Overlooked Opportunities to Address Climate Change and Poverty

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Air conditioning units in Hong Kong. Flickr/Niall Kennedy
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Competing with Rapidity: Forests Monitoring System to Combat Deforestation in Aceh

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First-Ever GFW Tech Fellowship Now Open for Applications

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Global Forest Watch GLAD Alerts Help Protect Sumatra’s Leuser Rainforest Ecosystem

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What Are the Environmental Costs of Valentine’s Day Flowers?

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Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

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Understanding the “Emissions Gap” in 5 Charts

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Global Tree Cover Loss Rose 51 Percent in 2016

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Technical Blog: Caveats to the 2016 Tree Cover Loss Data, Explained

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COP22 Jargon Cheat Sheet

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When Could the Paris Agreement Take Effect? Interactive Map Sheds Light

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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.
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