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    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    July 2, 2026

    Restoring Nature Helps Accelerate Soweto’s Green Economy

    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • extreme heat
    • floods
    • Climate Equity
    • Urban Development
    A group people plant a tree during a restoration project in Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • extreme heat
    • floods
    • Climate Equity
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    June 8, 2026

    Tackling Central Africa's Water and Power Challenges Starts with Restoring Nature

    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Solutions in Focus
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    The bare hillsides of Bukavu being restored and stabilized
    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Solutions in Focus
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Ocean
    Insights
    May 22, 2026

    The Ocean Can Play a Much Larger Role in Fighting Climate Change

    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • nature-based solutions
    Groups of people are scattered across a large, sandy beach on a sunny day with floating wind turbines in the background.
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • nature-based solutions
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    May 18, 2026

    African Cities Use Nature to Fight Floods and Climate Change

    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Urban Development
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Workers remove invasive species in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Urban Development
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 29, 2025

    Indonesia Poised to Harness Ocean’s Climate Potential

    • Climate
    • Ocean
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • climate policy
    • nature-based solutions
    View from the water of people on a boat planting seagrass.
    • Climate
    • Ocean
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • climate policy
    • nature-based solutions
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    December 15, 2025

    How Green Jobs in Dire Dawa Benefit Women and the Environment

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Women work with tree seedlings in a greenhouse.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 30, 2025

    Urban Heat Solutions Accelerator

    People sitting under trees.
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    February 19, 2025

    In Sub-Saharan Africa, Nature-Based Solutions Take Root

    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Cities
    Two workers tend to plants on a riverbank.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Cities
    Climate
    Africa
    News
    February 19, 2025

    RELEASE: WRI and the World Bank Present Landmark Assessment of Nature-Based Solutions in Africa

    • nature-based solutions
    • nature-based solutions
    Climate
    Podcasts
    January 7, 2025

    Podcast Series: Nature-Based Solutions for Enhancing Climate Resilience

    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    Climate
    News
    October 18, 2024

    STATEMENT: UN Biodiversity Summit COP16 Kicks Off in Colombia

    • biodiversity
    • deforestation
    • nature-based solutions
    • COP16
    • biodiversity
    • deforestation
    • nature-based solutions
    • COP16
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    June 6, 2024

    Community Mangrove Management and the Transformation of Coastal Communities

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Economics
    • Gender
    • restoration
    Two women presenting in a workshop.
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Economics
    • Gender
    • restoration
    Forests
    Initiatives
    March 19, 2024

    Nature and Carbon Markets

    A view of the forest in Central Kalimantan.
    Climate
    Asia
    Outcomes
    February 13, 2024

    Indian Cities Pioneer Nature-based Solutions and Inspire National Climate Action

    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    • National Climate Action
    • floods
    • climate change
    • Freshwater
    Man gardening in plot.
    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    • National Climate Action
    • floods
    • climate change
    • Freshwater
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2023

    What Exactly Are 'Nature-Based Solutions'?

    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • biodiversity
    • natural infrastructure
    • COP16
    A woman reaches up to tend to a tree she's planted.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • biodiversity
    • natural infrastructure
    • COP16
    Food
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • COP16
    • COP30
    An aerial view of a section of rain forest cleared for agriculture.
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • COP16
    • COP30
    Forests
    Outcomes
    June 2, 2023

    Kochi, India Adopts Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience

    • Top Outcome: 2022
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    Planting trees in Kochi, India
    • Top Outcome: 2022
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    Forests
    Insights
    April 14, 2023

    Restoring Degraded Forests Could Bring Back Lost Rainfall, Cooler Temperatures

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    Men planting a tree.
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    • Freshwater
    • Climate