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    Insights
    August 18, 2025

    How Revitalizing the American Prairie Can Secure Clean Water

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • landscapes
    The Trinity River watershed runs through the LBJ Grasslands in Texas.
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • landscapes
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    July 30, 2025

    New Tool Helps Cities Select and Scale Nature-Based Solutions

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    River alongside city.
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    July 2, 2025

    Managing Extremes: How South African Cities Are Tackling Water Crises

    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • floods
    • drought
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    People collect water during the Cape Town water crisis.
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • floods
    • drought
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    June 18, 2025

    Johannesburg to Restore Urban Rivers Using Lessons from Durban

    • Urban Development
    • urban water resilience
    • Cities
    • Freshwater
    Meeting in a room.
    • Urban Development
    • urban water resilience
    • Cities
    • Freshwater
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    March 12, 2025

    3 African Cities Restore Nature to Revitalize Their Rivers

    • nature-based solutions
    • Water Security
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Freshwater
    Man carrying tree for planting.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Water Security
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Freshwater
    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
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    February 5, 2025

    4 Graphics Explain Los Angeles’ Rare and Devastating January Fires

    • fires
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    People take photos of a wildfire blazing over the L.A. hills.
    • fires
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    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
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 9, 2024

    Rebuilding Kenya Stronger: Here's What's Needed to Rebound After Catastrophic Floods

    • floods
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    People load a truck with their belongings after heavy rainfall caused floods in Kenya.
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    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
    Cities
    Insights
    June 25, 2024

    As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

    • extreme heat
    • climate change
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    • data visualization
    A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
    • extreme heat
    • climate change
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    • data visualization
    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
    Forests
    Asia
    Outcomes
    February 13, 2024

    Jakarta Creates 50+ New Parks to Boost Climate Resilience

    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    Urban park in Jakarta.
    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • nature-based solutions
    Cities
    Update
    July 5, 2023

    New Data Dashboard Helps Cities Build Urban Resilience in a Changing Climate

    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • climate policy
    • Air Quality
    • GHG emissions
    • biodiversity
    • land use
    • Urban Development
    Aerial view of skyscrapers and urban development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • climate policy
    • Air Quality
    • GHG emissions
    • biodiversity
    • land use
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    June 9, 2023

    5 Ways Wildfires Affect People Near and Far

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • Climate
    • Cities
    Women wear masks in New York City after Canadian wildfire causes dangerous air pollution
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • Climate
    • Cities
    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
    Update
    January 17, 2023

    New Methodology Helps Cities Lighten Their Tread on Tropical Forests

    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • forest monitoring
    Vigelandsparken in Oslo, Norway
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • forest monitoring
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