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- Republican-Proposed “Carbon Dividend” Is a Sign of Progress http://www.wri.org/blog/2017/02/republican-proposed-carbon-dividend-great-sign-progress 19 comments
- The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse https://www.wri.org/insights/global-trends-forest-fires 5 comments environment
- Canada’s record breaking 2023 wildfires released nearly 4 times as much carbon than all of global aviation https://www.wri.org/insights/canada-wildfire-emissions 11 comments environment
- Lessons From the Coal Boom That Didn’t Happen https://www.wri.org/insights/lessons-for-coal-plant-cancellation 26 comments energy
- The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse https://www.wri.org/insights/global-trends-forest-fires 2 comments environment
- Much CO2 is emitted in producing concrete and steel. Can we use wood instead? Probably not, says a new report, because much CO2 is emitted in producing wood #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition https://www.wri.org/insights/mass-timber-wood-construction-climate-change 17 comments climate
- Parts of the Amazon rainforest managed by Indigenous groups sequestered large amounts of carbon, while areas managed by non-iIndigenous people emitted carbon, primarily from deforestation for soy and cattle. https://www.wri.org/insights/amazon-carbon-sink-indigenous-forests 2 comments environment
- What does “buildings” refer to, as a sector responsible for greenhouse gas emissions? https://www.wri.org/insights/4-charts-explain-greenhouse-gas-emissions-countries-and-sectors 5 comments climate
- Forest Fires Are Burning Twice As Many Trees As 20 Years Ago https://www.wri.org/insights/global-trends-forest-fires 12 comments worldnews
- Forest Fires Are Burning Twice As Many Trees As 20 Years Ago https://www.wri.org/insights/global-trends-forest-fires 13 comments science
- 36 Countries Are Gaining More Trees than They’re Losing https://www.wri.org/insights/tracking-global-tree-cover-gain?amp%3Butm_campaign=socialmedia&%3Butm_medium=worldresources&%3Butm_term=392d4dfe-ca20-4d09-9c56-4bcd6be87e0e 4 comments environment
- Every $1 invested in ocean conservation has a return of up to $12 https://www.wri.org/insights/4-investments-secure-ocean-health-and-wealth 148 comments environment
- New Maps Show Forests Absorb Twice as Much Carbon as They Release Each Year. The continued destruction of the world’s largest tropical forests - 11.9 million hectares of tropical tree cover was lost in 2019 alone - makes them less powerful carbon sinks. https://www.wri.org/news/2021/01/new-maps-show-forests-absorb-twice-much-carbon-they-release-each-year?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+wri_news_and_views+%28wri+insights+blog%2C+news%2C+and+publications+%7C+world+resources+institute%29 218 comments science
- Forests Absorb Twice As Much Carbon As They Emit Each Year https://www.wri.org/blog/2021/01/forests-carbon-emissions-sink-flux?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+wri_news_and_views+%28wri+insights+blog%2C+news%2C+and+publications+%7C+world+resources+institute%29 8 comments worldnews
- We Lost a Football Pitch of Primary Rainforest Every 6 Seconds in 2019. https://www.wri.org/blog/2020/06/global-tree-cover-loss-data-2019 5 comments worldnews
- Forests Could Be Casualties in a U.S.-China Trade War http://www.wri.org/blog/2018/05/forests-could-be-casualties-us-china-trade-war 3 comments worldnews
- Swapping Parking Spots for Bike Lots Can Transform India’s Cities http://www.wri.org/blog/2017/03/swapping-parking-spots-bike-lots-can-transform-indias-cities 5 comments india
- Indonesia’s Fire Outbreaks Producing More Daily Emissions than Entire US Economy http://www.wri.org/blog/2015/10/indonesia%E2%80%99s-fire-outbreaks-producing-more-daily-emissions-entire-us-economy 4 comments science
- Water risks map http://www.wri.org/our-work/project/aqueduct 2 comments europe
- Which human activities produce most greenhouse gas emissions? -- Great chart http://www.wri.org/chart/world-greenhouse-gas-emissions-2005 56 comments science