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    December 8, 2014

    How Can Adaptation Finance Help the Most Vulnerable Communities?

    • International Climate Action
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • COP20
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Ensuring funding meets the adaptation needs of communities remains a challenge. (Paoay, Philippines) Photo by Ilocos Norte/Flickr.
    • International Climate Action
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • COP20
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
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    December 4, 2014

    Estimating Climate Finance Mobilization Toward $100 Billion and Beyond

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP20
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    Making the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy is going to take a lot of investment, and the limited budgets of the public sector can’t tackle it alone. Photo by DFID/Flickr.
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • COP20
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • Finance
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    Latin America
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    December 3, 2014

    3 Climate Adaptation Lessons from Brazil’s Cities

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • drought
    Temperatures are climbing to record-breaking highs in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Photo by Bruna Cabrera/Flickr.
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • drought
    Climate
    North America
    News
    September 10, 2014

    ADVISORY: WRI Experts Explain What to Expect at the UN Climate Summit

    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    Climate
    Asia Africa
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    September 2, 2014

    5 Reasons To Watch NYC’s Climate Summit

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Finance
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    UN headquarters in New York City (Photo credit United Nations)
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Finance
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    Equity & Governance
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    June 11, 2014

    Clarifying the UNFCCC National Adaptation Plan Process

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • UNFCCC
    Kenya has its National Climate Change Action Plan. Many other countries have adaptation planning processes underway that include steps found in the NAP guidelines. Photo Credit: CIAT/Flickr
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
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    April 12, 2014

    WRI Statement on Latest IPCC Report

    • Energy
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    • climate change
    Climate
    Africa
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    April 11, 2014

    What Is the Role for Transformation in Adaptation?

    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate science
    Authors of a paper on transformational adaptation have deemed the development of wheat-resistant maize in Africa “transformative." Photo credit: WorldFish, Flickr 2012
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate science
    Finance
    Insights
    April 9, 2014

    Making Adaptation Finance Work

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    Channeling and targeting funding effectively is a major challenge to reaching people who are most vulnerable to climate change. Photo credit: International Rivers, Flickr 2008
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • international climate policy
    Climate
    Africa Asia Europe North America
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    March 30, 2014

    STATEMENT: WRI Responds to IPCC Report

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    Climate
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    February 14, 2014

    4 Ways the Green Climate Fund Can Make Its Investments Count

    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • low carbon development
    The Green Climate Fund aspires to become the main, global fund for providing climate change finance, contributing to activities like the expansion of renewable power. Photo credit: Solar Electric Light Fund, Flickr
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    February 13, 2014

    2 Messages for the Green Climate Fund on Supporting “Readiness”

    • Finance
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Readiness support is not new, and many countries are already receiving such support in one form or another. Photo Credit: Monica Muller, Flickr 2010
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    A Business Case for Building Climate Resilience

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    Daniel Dowling of PriceWaterhouseCoopers was part of a week-long climate finance event in Songdo, South-Korea.
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    Climate
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    December 18, 2013

    3 Ways Governments Can Involve the Private Sector in Climate Change Adaptation

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate Resilience
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2013

    Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: Key Players in Climate Adaptation

    • Business
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    A solar installation in Kirambo, Rwanda. Photo credit: SolarEnima, Flickr
    • Business
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    Climate
    Insights
    November 26, 2013

    3 Ways Multinational Corporations Can Help Vulnerable Communities Adapt to Climate Change

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    Poor communities in developing nations are especially vulnerable to heat waves, sea level rise, and other climate change impacts. Photo credit: P. Casier, CGIAR
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    November 26, 2013

    COP 19 Made Small Steps Forward, but We Need Bolder Leaps

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    A key area of discussion at COP 19 was how to address losses and damages from climate change impacts that are difficult or impossible to adapt to. Photo credit: Jörg Dietze, Flickr
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
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    November 14, 2013

    Adapting to Climate Change: The Private Sector’s Role

    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    The World Bank estimates that developing countries need $70-$100 billion per year through 2050 to meet current and future climate adaptation needs. Photo credit: Ollivier Girard/ CIFOR
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    Insights
    November 13, 2013

    Is Adaptation Short-Changed? The Imbalance in Climate Finance Commitments

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    At COP19, negotiators should decide how climate funding is “balanced” between adaptation and mitigation. Credit: UNclimatechange, Flickr
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    Asia Africa
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    November 7, 2013

    Looking in the Pipes of Climate Adaptation Finance

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    A climate-smart agriculture project in Ghana. Photo credit: C Peterson, CIAT/CCAFS
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
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