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    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    April 10, 2025

    Tree Cover Is Still Declining Overall in Latin America, but New Data Shows Where It’s Coming Back

    • data
    • data visualization
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Cities
    • conservation
    • National Climate Action
    • Forests
    A group of people preparing tree seedlings to plant in the rainforest.
    • data
    • data visualization
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Cities
    • conservation
    • National Climate Action
    • Forests
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    January 29, 2025

    Turning Promises into Progress: Lessons from Campinas’s Climate Action Plan

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • climate change
    City of Campinas.
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • climate change
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    January 8, 2025

    How Global Climate Initiatives Can Risk Indigenous Women’s Land Rights

    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    • Gender
    • Climate Equity
    A woman cooks in La Guajira, Colombia.
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    • Gender
    • Climate Equity
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    December 10, 2024

    The Urban20 Summit in Rio and the Importance of Subnational-National Collaboration

    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    Aerial view of a cable car in Rio
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    Cities
    Asia Latin America
    Update
    November 21, 2024

    Bringing Electric Bus Lessons from India to Mexico

    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Electric Mobility
    An electric bus, painted green and white, travels down a street next to cars and a motorcycle.
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Electric Mobility
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 20, 2024

    How Ride- and Bike-Share Programs Can Play an Important Role in Latin America

    • Integrated Transport
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Electric Mobility
    Bicycles are lined up in a row on a street in Mexico City.
    • Integrated Transport
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Electric Mobility
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 19, 2024

    On Former Palm Oil Plantations, Small Farmers Are Bringing Brazil’s Forests Back to Life

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Solutions in Focus
    Aerial view of two farmers on a small plot.
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Solutions in Focus
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 23, 2024

    Mining Is Increasingly Pushing into Critical Rainforests and Protected Areas

    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    • Energy
    Hydraulic gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon.
    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    • Energy
    Energy
    Latin America
    Podcasts
    September 30, 2024

    Sparking Ideas for a New Energy Future at the Clean Energy Ministerial

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 17, 2024

    What Would Cities Look Like With 3 Degrees C of Warming vs. 1.5? Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal

    • Cities
    • extreme heat
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    A woman carries water during a blistering hot day in New Delhi, India.
    • Cities
    • extreme heat
    • Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • health
    • data visualization
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 12, 2024

    E-Tricycles Are Powering a Recycling Revolution in Fortaleza, Brazil

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • waste
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    People handle large bags of recyclables outside a waste collection center.
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • waste
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    Climate
    Latin America
    Update
    August 22, 2024

    Uruguay’s Wind Development Program Attracted Private Investment to Transform the Power Sector

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Wind turbines on green fields with trees.
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • long-term strategies
    • long-term strategy related case study
    • GHG emissions
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 15, 2024

    Empowering Residents Helped Buenos Aires Transform Rodrigo Bueno Into a Climate-Resilient Community

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Climate Resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Transformations
    • Solutions in Focus
    People wait at a bus top with trees and apartment buildings in the background.
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Climate Resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Transformations
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Initiatives
    August 2, 2024

    Heat and Health in Brazilian Cities

    Ocupação Novo Alvorada- região leste de Belo Horizonte / MG
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    June 27, 2024

    Campinas, Brazil, Launches Integrated Climate Action Plan

    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    A pamphlet about Campinas's climate action plan is held up before a city hall audience.
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • greenhouse gases
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 26, 2024

    How Faith Communities in Latin America Are Defending Land and Lives

    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • natural resources
    A group of demonstrators hold a sign protesting an oil project in Colombia.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • natural resources