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    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    April 26, 2021

    Las comunidades del Gran Chaco Americano se están organizando para resistir el cambio climático

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    A woman holding a tablet to take photos of an outdoor region.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    April 26, 2021

    Communities in South America's Gran Chaco Are Organizing to Withstand Climate Change

    • Climate
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    A woman holding a tablet to take photos of an outdoor region.
    • Climate
    • floods
    • climate impacts
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    Forests
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    February 9, 2021

    How Local People Are Mapping Billions of Trees on Their Land

    • land use
    • restoration
    • landscapes
    • climate impacts
    • Forests
    Woman stading next to a forest in Rwanda
    • land use
    • restoration
    • landscapes
    • climate impacts
    • Forests
    Finance
    Latin America Oceania
    Insights
    December 21, 2020

    To Build Back from COVID-19, Don’t Overlook Informal Workers

    • coronavirus
    • climate finance
    • climate impacts
    • poverty
    Tamil Nadu street vendor
    • coronavirus
    • climate finance
    • climate impacts
    • poverty
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 4, 2018

    Stronger Than the Storm: 3 Lessons for Building Climate Resilience in Poor Urban Communities

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Landslide in Rio de Janeiro
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Food
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 18, 2014

    Making Economic Valuation Count for Coastal Ecosystems in the Caribbean

    • Freshwater
    • coral reefs
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • fisheries
    • Food
    • Ocean
    People and economies across the Caribbean are dependent on coastal ecosystems—including coral reefs, mangroves, and beaches. These ecosystems provide critical habitat to commercial fisheries, attract tourists from around the world, and protect coastal communities and infrastructure. Photo Credit: Katina Rogers
    • Freshwater
    • coral reefs
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • fisheries
    • Food
    • Ocean
    Data
    September 25, 2008

    Tropical Americas (Reefs at Risk Regional Map)

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • coral reefs
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • coral reefs
    Oceania Asia
    Data
    September 25, 2008

    East Asia (Reefs at Risk Regional Map)

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • coral reefs
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • coral reefs
    Latin America
    Data
    June 11, 2008

    Shoreline Protection by Coral Reefs, Relative Reef Contribution - St. Lucia

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    Latin America
    Data
    June 11, 2008

    Shoreline Protection by Coral Reefs, Relative Reef Contribution - Tobago

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    Latin America
    Data
    June 11, 2008

    Shoreline Protected by Coral Reefs - St. Lucia

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    • coral reefs
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    • coral reefs
    Latin America
    Data
    June 11, 2008

    Shoreline Protection by Coral Reefs - Tobago

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    Latin America
    Data
    June 11, 2008

    Land Vulnerable to Wave Induced Erosion and Storm Damage - St. Lucia

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    Latin America
    Data
    June 11, 2008

    Land Vulnerable to Wave Induced Erosion and Storm Damage - Tobago

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics

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