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?? Join us at the 2024 Land Accelerator Demo Day, where Africa’s leading restoration enterprises will present innovative solutions to address land degradation and deforestation. This milestone event, hosted by World Resources Institute and MDF | Empowering People, Creating Impact, will take place on 17 October 2024, in Accra, Ghana. What’s in store? ?? Pitch presentations from the top 16 cohort members ?? Networking opportunities with investors, business leaders, and fellow innovators ?? Cocktail hour to celebrate and connect Let's shape the future of Africa’s land restoration together! Join us in person or virtually ? https://bit.ly/482bLgT #LandAccelerator #GenerationRestoration

?? #COP29Preview | The international seminar "Looking Ahead to COP29: How to Accelerate Action And Intensifying Climate Impacts" hosted by ThePaper, was successfully held in Beijing. The first roundtable discussion focused on "COP29 Preview: As the Decade of the Paris Agreement Approaches How Can South-South Cooperation Boost Global Climate Action". Fang Li, Chief Representative of #WRIChina, participated as a roundtable speaker and special commentator, offering insights into the latest trends in global climate governance from the perspective of economic system transformation. Read more to learn more ?? 1??https://lnkd.in/gK6VRrZY 2??https://lnkd.in/gq_x8E7W 3??https://lnkd.in/gy9gewcm #ChinaAfricaCooperation #SouthSouthCooperation #ClimateAction

Watch this inspiring film by WRI India to learn about the transformational journey of restoring Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district in India; a story of resilience, development, and the revitalization of hope through the power of landscape restoration. With over 100 million hectares of India's total land offering a potential for restoring forests and farmlands, scaling restoration with a landscape approach across the country can ensure prosperity for local people as well as health of our natural ecosystems. Demonstrating these benefits for people, nature and climate, Sidhi's landscape restoration shows that landscape restoration, a nature-based solution is a scalable solution in India that can help us tackle both climate and developmental challenges faced by the country. #GenerationRestoration #RestorationEconomy #LandscapeRestoration #Livelihoods #ClimateChange #CommunityLed #Agroforestry #SustainableAgriculture Dr. Ruchika Singh | Srishti Kochhar | Siddharth Edake | Jyoti Yadav | Shweta Prajapati | Anjali Rao Koppala | Meenakshi Kakar | Kritika Gadhvi

????? The difference between a 1.5°C and a 3°C future could mean over a month of additional #heatwave days in some #cities, profoundly impacting life and work for residents. New WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities analysis offers actionable data for policymakers. Read the findings and solutions: https://bit.ly/4eoXblE #UrbanHeat #ExtremeHeat

The biodiversity crisis didn't happen in a silo; its causes are inherently linked to the world's climate and development challenges???? Its solutions are, too. Policies to protect nature will only be successful if all people can access the food, water and other vital resources they need. Likewise, the world cannot halt climate change and protect people from its impacts without stopping deforestation and reviving critical ecosystems. More from Crystal Davis, Global Director, Food, Land & Water (FLW) Program?? https://bit.ly/3Bs7BTy #COP16 #Biodiversity #Nature #Environment #ClimateChange

For the fourth installment of our #GFW10 Voices of Global Forest Watch series, we sat down with Observatoire de la Gouvernance Forestière’s?(OGF) Serge Bondo to discuss the impacts of forest monitoring tools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ?????? OGF is using tools like GFW, #ForestAtlases and World Resources Institute’s #OpenTimberPortal to detect and report illegal activities, which are further investigated in field missions. Together with NGOs and the government, these monitoring efforts have significantly reduce in #deforestation in several critical areas like the Luki Biosphere Reserve, a protected area in Central Congo Province. ?? Watch the full interview in our newest blog ?? https://gfw.global/4dBlCvA #forestmonitoring #lukibiosphere #CongoBasin #DRC #protectforests WRI Africa

If you or your organisation are attending #COP16 in Cali and are curious about the process, or if you want to learn more about the CBD COP, you are welcome to join us for a #webinar on how civil society organisations can best engage with COP16. We'll be hearing insights from Dr Charles (Chip) Barber is the Director of Natural Resources Governance and Policy at World Resources Institute, where he oversees the Nature Crime Alliance and other initiatives. This webinar offers the chance to hear from Chip and ask questions about the CBD COP. Dr Susan Lieberman, Vice President, International Policy, WCS, will also be speaking.?Register here: https://lnkd.in/eMkFhDn2 #biodiversity #biologicaldiversity #conservation #wildlifeconservation #naturecrime #cop #climategovernance #climatepolicy #ecosystems #cali

How can renewable energy drive rural revitalization???? In Shandong, known for its economic and agricultural significance, this question is at the forefront of its development agenda as this province is working to build 100 PV towns and 1000 PV villages by 2025. Lejia Village is part if this ambitious solar initiative. Facing challenges in implementation, World Resources Institute (WRI) China organized a learning visit for Lejia Village to Zhejiang, hoping to offer fresh ideas and potential solutions. ?? Watch the full story: ?? https://lnkd.in/g33hQxPR #SolarEnergy #RuralDevelopment #CleanEnergy #China #SustainableFuture

Nearly $1 BILLION in EPA Clean School Bus Program rebate funding is available RIGHT NOW for communities interested in a #CleanRide4Kids. ??? Click the link below to find out how to apply ? https://bit.ly/47XnKMK

School buses are a vital resource for 20 million kids across the country — but a ride to school often brings along a toxic passenger: diesel fuel exhaust. Diesel exhaust pollution is not only a greenhouse gas contributing to climate change, but also a known carcinogen linked to childhood asthma, negative cognitive impacts, and other health risks. That’s why the Bezos Earth Fund has partnered with World Resources Institute?on a bold initiative to replace every diesel school bus in the U.S. with one that runs on electricity with zero emissions. Our goal is to completely electrify the nation’s school bus fleet. Learn why electric school buses are the cleanest and greenest choice for our kids and our planet: https://lnkd.in/gjyNXwft Learn how the Bezos Earth Fund is scaling the initiative: https://bit.ly/3NltVku WRI Electric School Bus Initiative #ElectricSchoolBuses #ElectricSchoolBus #CleanRide4Kids #CleanTransportation #ZeroEmissions #SustainableTransport #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Innovation #CleanEnergy #ClimateChange