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More Critical Minerals Mining Could Strain Water Supplies in Stressed Regions

  • Freshwater
  • water pollution
  • water quality
  • Water Quality
Workers extracting lithium in Bolivia.
  • Freshwater
  • water pollution
  • water quality
  • Water Quality
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3 Cutting-Edge Satellite Technologies Showcase Nature’s Impact on Water

  • nature-based solutions
  • water quality
  • forest monitoring
People in a boat on the Revantazon River in Costa Rica.
  • nature-based solutions
  • water quality
  • forest monitoring
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Better Forests, Better Cities

Cityscape behind lush forest.
Initiatives

Cities4Forests

Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
Outcomes
Indian girl tends to solar panel
  • Climate
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Outcomes

Chinese Cities Begin Turning Sludge into Energy

  • Top Outcome: 2015
Power plant worker in Tianjin, China
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Outcomes
People at a workshop roundtable in Congo
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Conference attendees at United Nations
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Group of men examining replanted crops
  • restoration
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Outcomes

Millions in India Join Movement to Reclaim City Streets

  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Public gathering in India
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Outcomes

Over 300 Cities Take Action to Measure and Manage Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • GHG Protocol
  • Cities
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan
  • GHG Protocol
  • Cities
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Outcomes

More Global Organizations and Investment Firms Use Aqueduct to Manage Water Risk

  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • floods
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • floods
  • Top Outcome: 2015

WRI Helps Guide $4 Billion in Investment in Sustainable Urban Transport in Brazil

  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
  • Top Outcome: 2015
People walking near Brazil public transportation
  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Outcomes

Consumer Goods Forum Commits to Halve Food Waste by 2025

  • corporate sustainability
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Two green trashbags filled with waste
  • corporate sustainability
  • Top Outcome: 2015
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Building Climate Equity

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What Does the “Pathway to Paris” Mean for Adaptation?

  • International Climate Action
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • COP20
  • extreme weather
A growing number of studies show that communities around the world are already experiencing the effects of climate change in the form of extreme heat, unpredictable weather and sea level rise. (Punjab region, Pakistan) Photo by Tariq Saeed/IRIN.
  • International Climate Action
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • COP20
  • extreme weather

Expanding Climate Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • International Climate Action
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • COP20
Despite difficult negotiations in Lima, discussions signaled the positive outlook among development banks for expanding climate finance in Latin America and the Caribbean. Photo by Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • COP20