Mapping urban land use over time can show what, where and when changes are happening, answering pressing questions about urban living. WRI, with support from the National Geographic Society, has developed methods and infrastructure to map urban land use in any city, providing a new tool to help cities manage their resources and improve quality of life.
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by , , , and - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic postponing COP26 until November 2021, UN negotiators were still hard at work this year. After a series of virtual events in June, more than 3,000 country delegates recently concluded the Climate Dialogues, a set of 80 virtual gatherings where countries unpacked, reviewed and discussed outstanding issues within ongoing international climate negotiations.
From the outset, countries agreed that the dialogues would not...
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by , and - An upcoming WRI report introduces the partnership continuum, which offers a framework to contextualize transformation pathways partnerships may pursue. While partnerships can find success at any point along the continuum, this research finds that partnerships often evolve as they mature, shifting the ways they drive change.
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by and - Climate change doesn't feature prominently in the World Bank's COVID-19 response yet. As countries turn to long-term recovery, the Bank should prioritize environment- and climate-friendly policy lending programs.
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by and - Tracking climate finance can help Fiji and other countries better meet their climate change goals.
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by , and - New research from WRI evaluates the experiences of five counties in Kenya that are mainstreaming adaptation and offers three key lessons for practitioners struggling to implement resilient, sustainable development at the local level.
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by and - Our previous blog, Regenerative Agriculture: Good for Soil Health, but Limited Potential to Mitigate Climate Change, generated a spirited discussion. Here we provide further elaboration on our conclusions. For information on ways to reduce agriculture’s GHG impact please see our blog on 6 Ways the US Can Curb Climate Change and Grow More Food.
The term “regenerative agriculture” is a broad and not-yet-clearly-defined term...
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by , and - Since 2015, many partnerships have formed to address the Sustaniable Development Goals. Systems mapping is a vital tool for these partnerships to understand the systems they’re working on, align on a shared vision and develop an effective strategy for change.
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by and - As U.S. cities and counties transition to clean energy for their own operations and communities, many are finding that stakeholders and policies beyond their jurisdictions affect their ability to purchase clean energy. By removing regulatory and legislative obstacles, local governments are creating new pathways to access affordable, clean energy.
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by , and - The public financial institutions tasked with funding sustainable development worldwide have outlined a framework for aligning operations with the Paris agreement, but they need to start announcing when they'll move off unaligned projects, and how projects will qualify.
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