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    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    March 23, 2015

    Will India Pursue Solar-Powered Railways?

    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    India's railways are the country's largest consumer of electricity and diesel fuel. Photo by Sistak/Flickr
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    Finance
    Insights
    March 21, 2015

    How to Spend the Green Climate Fund’s $10 Billion?

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Solar panels in Tinginaput, India. Photo by Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Equity & Governance
    Videos
    March 20, 2015

    Land Rights in Africa Video Series

    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 20, 2015

    Sustainable Development Goals Could Be a Game-Changer for Water

    • Aqueduct
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    A man fills water bottles in Sanaía, Yemen Photo by Foad Al Harazi / World Bank
    • Aqueduct
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Forests
    Insights
    March 20, 2015

    Bonn Challenge On Track to Meet Land Restoration Goal by 2020

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Peter Ndunda, Technical Program Manager, Clinton Climate Initiative (right) plants a tree in the Ethiopia's Lake Abaya Region with a local man. Photo by Aaron Minnick
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    March 20, 2015

    4 Property and Land Rights Issues, Explained through Videos

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A farmer in Mali irrigates his crops. Photo by Tingju Zhu/IFPRI
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 19, 2015

    Water Stewardship: Good for Business, Good for Sustainable Development

    • Aqueduct
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    River Hubelj in Slovenia. Photo by nejcbole/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 18, 2015

    3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    When land rights are weak, indigenous peoples can lose access to critical resources like forests. Photo by rbairdpccam/Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    March 17, 2015

    $150 Million to Transform Sustainable Transport in Mexico City

    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    With the new investment to modernize and expand Metrobús, Mexico City is making high quality sustainable mobility a reality for its residents. Photo by Taís Policanti/EMBARQ Mexico.
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    Cities
    North America
    News
    March 17, 2015

    STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to $150 Million Investment in Mexico City Sustainable Transport

    • climate finance
    • transportation
    • climate finance
    • transportation
    Climate
    News
    March 17, 2015

    RELEASE: WRI Welcomes Paul Bodnar as Senior Advisor for WRI’s Sustainable Finance Center

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 12, 2015

    Win-win: Reducing Water Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China’s Power Sector

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    China’s power sector is the nation’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and its biggest industrial water user. To meet increasing energy demand, the country may double its installed generation capacity by 2030. Photo by Asian Development Bank/Flickr.
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 12, 2015

    Why Cities Need to Address River Flooding Now

    • Aqueduct
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • Aqueduct
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    March 11, 2015

    Q&A with Cécile Ndjebet: Empowering Women Is Key to Better Forest Management in Cameroon

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Gender
    • land rights
    Women in Cameroon prepare to plant saplings. Photo by Cameroon Ecology.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Gender
    • land rights
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    March 9, 2015

    What Will Future Emissions Look Like?

    • International Climate Action
    Smog in Beijing, China. Photo by Gérard Métrailler/Flickr.
    • International Climate Action
    Cities
    Insights
    March 9, 2015

    Strategies for Sustainable Cities: Demystifying Transport Demand Management

    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    Car traffic in Seoul Korea. Photo by jimthegianteagle/Flickr.
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Europe
    Insights
    March 7, 2015

    EU Announces its New Climate Action Commitment (INDC)

    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Wind turbines in Germany. Photo by Paul Lim/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Forests
    Insights
    March 6, 2015

    Demystifying the World's Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities

    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forest landscape restoration does not call for increasing tree cover beyond what would be ecologically appropriate for a particular location. Photo by Valerio Pillar/Flickr.
    • restoration
    • Forests