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6 Ways to Prevent Greenwashing and Risks from Trade Associations

  • Unlocking Climate Action
A "do not walk" sign lit up on an intersection with skyscrapers in the background.
  • Unlocking Climate Action
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RELEASE: WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities 2020-2021 Opens; Now Accepting Applications for Transformative Urban Climate Projects

  • Climate Resilience
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities

To Fix City Slums, Don't Just Knock Them Down: Involve Residents in Upgrading Efforts

  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • housing
  • poverty
  • public participation
View of one of the many informal settlements the city of Surabaya, Indonesia has upgraded since the 1960s with input and participation from residents. Photo by Peter Edelman.
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • housing
  • poverty
  • public participation
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Eskisehir, Turkey Leads on Energy-Efficient Buildings

  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
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Optimize, Electrify, Decarbonize: The 3 Steps to Thriving, Zero-Carbon Cities

  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Unlocking Climate Action
Las Vegas solar panels
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Unlocking Climate Action

Unlocking Climate Action: Building a Landscape Restoration Movement from the Ground Up

  • Forests
  • COP24
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • restoration
Extrema, Brazil plantation
  • Forests
  • COP24
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • restoration

Unlocking Climate Action: From Bogota City Hall to the President’s Desk and Back Again

  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
Bogota skyline
  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities

Unlocking Climate Action: When Nations, States and Cities Reinforce Each Other, Everybody Wins

  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • climate policy
  • restoration
Biking in Copenhagen. Flickr/Mikael Colville Andersen
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • climate policy
  • restoration
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Forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Forests
  • illegal logging

6 Ways to Make Small Businesses More Resilient to Climate Change

  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Business
  • COP21
  • climate change
Rural Ghana
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Business
  • COP21
  • climate change
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Reducing HFCs in the US Would Benefit Consumers and the Climate

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG emissions
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
HFCs, potent greenhouse gases, are commonly used as refrigerants. Photo by Frank van den Bergh/iStock.
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG emissions
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy

How the US Can Lower Methane Emissions from Natural Gas and Save Money

  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • fossil fuels
A natural gas refinery plant. Photo by WildEarth Guardians/Flickr.
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • fossil fuels

The Clean Vehicle Revolution: Driving Fuel Savings and Emissions Reductions in the United States

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • transportation
Electric vehicle charging station in Guangdong Province, China. Photo by Remko Tanis/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • transportation

How the US Can Save Billions by Reducing Electricity Use

  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • renewable energy
Homes and commercial buildings account for 74 percent of electricity demand in the United States, making them a critical part of any plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Photo Credit: Justin Brown, Flickr
  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • renewable energy

How the US Can Produce Cleaner Energy While Capturing Economic Benefits

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • renewable energy
New solar photovoltaic projects are also being chosen over new coal and gas generation in a few areas of the country because of lower costs or larger net benefits. Photo credit: Dana Smillie, World Bank
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • renewable energy

By the Numbers: How the U.S. Economy Can Benefit from Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • Economics
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • U.S. policy
Electric vehicle battery prices fell 40 percent since 2008. Photo credit: Kevin Krejcl, Flickr
  • Economics
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Lower Emissions, Brighter Economy
  • U.S. policy

3 Reasons Small Businesses Must Play a Large Role in Climate Change Resilience

  • Climate
  • Business
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
Farmers in Cambodia are threatened by the impacts of climate change. Photo credit: Asladhrra, Flickr
  • Climate
  • Business
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
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People-Oriented Cities: Mixed-Use Development Creates Social and Economic Benefits

  • public transit
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
Mixed-use development combined with pedestrianization on Mexico City’s Calle Madero promotes sustainable, prosperous communities. Photo Credit: Julius Reque/Flickr.
  • public transit
  • low carbon development
  • transportation