Opinion / #REDD
Manufacturing
The next global resource crisis
Western governments want to advance the clean energy transition without being overly dependent on China for critical minerals. But their plans fail to acknowledge a potential obstacle: the fraught local politics of opening up new mines.
Policy & Finance
How to protect tropical forests? Let indigenous people lead
To turn around deforestation, patient indigenous-led conservation is key.
Food & Agriculture
Conserving forests could cut carbon emissions as much as getting rid of every car on earth
Protecting the world's forests would contribute significantly to the fight against climate change. But to do that, we must find the right balance between food production and reforestation, says WRI experts.
Carbon & Climate
Putting a price on rainforests
Renewable energy is one promising solution to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate against climate change; but no technology is as effective at storing carbon as tropical forests, says Rockefeller Foundation's Lorenzo Bernasconi.
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4 December 2015
Carbon & Climate
REDD+ handed in Paris
10 July 2015
Food & Agriculture
Why is it so incredibly hard to stop deforestation?
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6 May 2015
Carbon & Climate
What the heck is a carbon right?
29 September 2014
Policy & Finance
Did Ban Ki-moon's summit deliver on climate finance?
24 March 2014
Carbon & Climate
Together, we save forests
25 November 2013
Carbon & Climate
Walkouts, roadblocks and compromise: Warsaw’s legacy
28 October 2013
15 May 2013
Carbon & Climate
Indonesia Extends Its Forest Moratorium: What Comes Next?
7 December 2012
Carbon & Climate
COP 18: Bridging the gulf between science and reality
27 August 2012
Carbon & Climate
Free, prior and informed consent in REDD+, by Isilda Nhantumbo
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Policy & Finance
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