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    Forests GHG emissions
    Forests
    Insights
    June 27, 2024

    Canada's Record-breaking 2023 Wildfires Released Nearly 4 Times More Carbon than Global Aviation

    • Forests
    • fires
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    Smoke from forest fires in Sparwood, British Columbia, Canada in 2023
    • Forests
    • fires
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    Forests
    Technical Perspectives
    June 26, 2024

    What Economics Does — or Doesn’t — Tell Us About the Climate Consequences of Using Wood

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • GHG emissions
    • land use
    Stacks of felled trees are loaded onto a truck for transport.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • GHG emissions
    • land use
    Forests
    Insights
    July 5, 2023

    Harvesting Wood Has Overlooked Carbon Costs

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • land use
    • deforestation
    • Food
    A loading dock filled with timber on the coast in China.
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • land use
    • deforestation
    • Food
    Forests
    Insights
    October 23, 2022

    Policies Underestimate Forests’ Full Effect on the Climate

    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    Amazon rainforest
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    Cities
    Insights
    July 28, 2022

    5 Reasons Cities Should Include Trees in Climate Action

    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • Tracking Climate Action
    A landscape view of Jakarta, Indonesia with trees in the forefront and skyscrapers in the background
    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • Tracking Climate Action
    Forests
    North America
    Update
    July 12, 2022

    Updated Tool Can Help US Communities Include Forests and Trees in GHG Inventories

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • global forest watch
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Technical Perspectives
    March 26, 2021

    INSIDER: 3 Tips for Companies Navigating the Use of Carbon Credits from Nature

    • Business
    • carbon removal
    • net-zero emissions
    • deforestation
    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    • offsets
    • Business
    • carbon removal
    • net-zero emissions
    • deforestation
    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    • offsets
    Forests
    Insights
    January 21, 2021

    Forests Absorb Twice As Much Carbon As They Emit Each Year

    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Insights
    May 5, 2020

    INSIDER: 4 Reasons Why a Jurisdictional Approach for REDD+ Crediting Is Superior to a Project-Based Approach

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    Food
    News
    November 20, 2018

    ADVISORY: Press Call to Preview WRI’s Global Report on Creating a Sustainable Food Future

    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • GHG emissions
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • GHG emissions
    Forests
    Insights
    October 4, 2018

    By the Numbers: The Value of Tropical Forests in the Climate Change Equation

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    Community groups visit a site of tree clearing in Riau, Indonesia.
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    Climate
    Insights
    March 19, 2018

    Taking Greenhouse Gases from the Sky: 7 Things to Know About Carbon Removal

    • Energy
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • GHG emissions
    • restoration
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Cleared land in Costa Rica
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • GHG emissions
    • restoration
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Asia
    News
    December 5, 2016

    STATEMENT: Indonesia Expands Protection of Carbon-Rich Peatlands With Update to Government Regulation

    • Forests
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • global forest watch
    • Forests
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • global forest watch

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