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Note to Our Readers: As protests denouncing racism spread from New York to New Zealand, WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer issued a statement. “To solve global challenges—whether it is climate change, environmental degradation, or extreme poverty—we must ensure that solutions benefit all members of society, especially communities of color who are disproportionately impacted. This includes working to overcome the racism that many people of color experience around the world.” Read the full statement
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Loss of Primary Rainforests Remains High, But Some Countries Offer Hope
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In 2019, the tropics lost 11.9 million hectares of tree cover. Nearly a third were primary forests—the equivalent of losing one football pitch of primary forest every 6 seconds. Bright spots: Colombia, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire had notable declines in primary forest loss. Experts Mikaela Weisse and Liz Goodman explain what the 2019 Global Forest Watch tree cover loss data means for the future. Read More
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Large logs sit on a truck bed in a forest concession in Ghana. Photo by Maite Knorr-Evans/WRI
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How to Reduce Plastic and Other Ocean Pollution
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Each year, up to 13 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean, the equivalent of one garbage truck of waste every minute. A new Blue Paper commissioned by the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy highlights seven solutions to cut plastic and other types of ocean pollution. Number 1: Improve wastewater management for for the 3 billion people who lack access to controlled waste disposal facilities. Read More
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Cyclones and COVID
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The first cyclone of the season in India and Bangladesh demonstrated an axiom for this anxious time: coronavirus makes everything more complicated. WRI India Adaptation Strategy Head Nambi Apadurai describes the challenge of social distancing in crowded cyclone shelters and offers four things governments and civil society can do to deal with the double whammy of COVID-19 and climate change-driven super storms. Read more
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STATEMENT: COP26 Delayed Until November 2021
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The COP26 climate summit has been rescheduled to November 1-12, 2021, one year later than originally planned, due to the coronavirus pandemic. President & CEO Andrew Steer said: “Shifting the date of COP26 is understandable, but there can be no let-up in tackling the climate crisis. Just as we have witnessed extraordinary determination and courage in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, we need a similar commitment to avoid a climate catastrophe.” Read More
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