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    Latin America Buildings extreme weather Finance
    Business
    Latin America
    Update
    October 4, 2023

    Community Lessons for Successful Nature-Based Solutions Implementation

    • nature-based solutions
    • Finance
    Sisal in Yucatán.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Finance
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    October 18, 2022

    Bogotá and Cali Connect Local Action to National Ambition to Transform the Buildings Sector

    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • development
    • Cities
    Aerial view of Bogota, Colombia
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • development
    • Cities
    Cities
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    December 18, 2020

    Developing Cities Need Cash. Land Value Capture Can Help

    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • land use
    • development
    • Finance
    • Urban Development
    People walk on and around an outdoor escalator at a train station in Shenzhen.
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • land use
    • development
    • Finance
    • Urban Development
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    September 15, 2020

    6 Keys to Turn Coastal Resilience Plans into Action

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • biking
    • extreme weather
    • climate change
    • Ocean
    A man wheels a megaphone mounted on bicycle along a neighborhood path in Bangladesh.
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • biking
    • extreme weather
    • climate change
    • Ocean
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 5, 2020

    A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

    • biking
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • infrastructure
    • sanitation
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • transportation
    • Freshwater
    Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
    • biking
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • infrastructure
    • sanitation
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • transportation
    • Freshwater
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    February 19, 2020

    Mexico City Launches Challenge to Reduce Energy Consumption in Buildings

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 21, 2019

    Strengthening Disaster Preparedness in the Caribbean

    • Climate Resilience
    • extreme weather
    Damage in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian. The Caribbean needs international support to prepare for disasters ahead of time. Photo by All Hands and Hearts.
    • Climate Resilience
    • extreme weather
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    September 19, 2019

    RELEASE: New Report Finds National Governments Can Unlock Nearly $24 Trillion by Investing in Zero-Carbon Cities

    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    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
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 13, 2018

    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

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