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5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

  • cities
  • climate change
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • urban development
The DistritoTec project in Monterrey, Mexico is drawing people back to a denser, safer and livable inner city. Photo by Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • cities
  • climate change
  • sustainable cities
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • urban development

Now We Can Calculate Our Individual Emissions with EMISI app (Indonesia Zero Emissions Application)

  • access to information
  • cities
  • emisi
  • emisi gas rumah kaca
  • transport
Aksi individu yang terkesan kecil bisa berdampak besar jika dilakukan bersama-sama. Kredit foto: Akil Mazumder/Pexels
  • access to information
  • cities
  • emisi
  • emisi gas rumah kaca
  • transport

4 Benefits of Participatory Tree Mapping for Jakarta's Development

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • green infrastructure
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities
Pepohonan di tengah kota Jakarta. Kredit foto: ssopian88/pixabay
  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • green infrastructure
  • low carbon cities
  • sustainable cities
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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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Personalizing Carbon-Footprint from Our Travels to Mobilize Climate Action

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • low carbon
  • low carbon cities
Different transport systems and use pattern lead to different emissions and offsetting potentials.Photo credit: WRI Indonesia
  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • low carbon
  • low carbon cities
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5 Maps Show How Moving Indonesia’s Capital Could Impact the Environment

  • cities
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • peatland
Jakarta's sky around Senayan area. Photo credit: Aaron Minnick/World Resources Institute
  • cities
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • peatland

3 Things to Consider Before Moving Indonesia's Capital from Jakarta

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • water risk
Jakarta skyline. Flickr/Alex Hanoko
  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • deforestation
  • forest
  • water risk

Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather than Up. 3 Reasons That’s a Problem

  • cities
  • governance
  • poverty
  • urban development
Informal settlements at the edge of Mumbai, India. Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes
  • cities
  • governance
  • poverty
  • urban 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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Reaching 3 Global Goals Means Major Change for Cities

  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • IPCC
  • Cities & Transport
  • cities
  • IPCC
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Jokowi Must Attend COP24

  • climate
  • COP
  • international climate policy
President Jokowi must attend COP24 to reiterate the importance of collaboration in facing climate change as a ‘collective enemy’. Photo credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
  • climate
  • COP
  • international climate policy
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3 Issues to Watch at the COP24 Climate Summit

  • climate change
  • COP
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
COP24 will take place in Katowice, Poland from December 3-14, 2018. Photo by Umkatowice/Wikimedia Commons
  • climate change
  • COP
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
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5 Ways the G20 Can Support Climate Action and Sustainable Development

  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • finance
  • green infrastructure
  • international climate policy
Buenos Aires from the Rio de la Plata. Flickr/Mariano Mantel
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • finance
  • green infrastructure
  • international climate policy

Local Communities Restore Two of Indonesia's Most Threatened National Parks

  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration
Satrio Adi Wicaksono (WRI), Wiratno (Director General for Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation), and Khouni Lomban Rawung (Ambassador for Celebes crested macaque conservation), at the National Conservation Day Celebration. Credit: WRI Indonesia
  • forest
  • forest restoration
  • landscape restoration