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    industry land use Urban Development
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    April 24, 2024

    Industry Must Decarbonize: Cross-Sector Initiative Shows the Way in New Blueprint

    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    Factory along water in Seattle, WA
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Fossil Fuels Are in Everything from Plastics to Makeup, but Cleaner Alternatives Are Emerging

    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    A young woman peruses the cosmetics aisle.
    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 6, 2024

    How "Complete Streets" Are Creating Safer, More Sustainable Cities in Brazil

    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    People cross the street in Belo Horizonte
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 27, 2024

    Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate

    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    A farmer stands on top of a truck while a tractor unloads the crops into it.
    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    Cities
    Update
    February 1, 2024

    WRI Ross Center Welcomes Leila Surratt as New Director of Strategic Partnerships

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Leila Surratt.
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 25, 2024

    4 Priorities for Managing US Lands in the Face of Climate Change

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    A tractor and trucks drive through soy bean fields.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Cities
    Update
    January 24, 2024

    Looking Back on 2023 and Ahead to 2024: Supporting Integrated Urban Planning to Tackle the Climate, Nature and Pollution Crises

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • climate finance
    People walking on busy market street in San Nicolas, Argentina.
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • climate finance
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    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
    Cities
    News
    November 28, 2023

    RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch REHOUSE Initiative Linking Housing, Urban Services, Climate Action

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    November 2, 2023

    How Advance Market Commitments and Contracts for Difference Can Help Create a Market for Green Industrial Products

    • Climate
    • industry
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris
    Bundles of steel bars stacked on shelves on a large storeroom floor.
    • Climate
    • industry
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    October 2, 2023

    What Is Peat Subsidence and How Can Countries Prevent this Environmental Disaster?

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • land use
    Local people in a boat survey the Singkil Peat Swamp in Indonesia.
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • land use
    Cities
    Update
    September 22, 2023

    RELEASE: UrbanShift Launches ‘City Academy’ Online Courses to Empower Sustainable Urban Development

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Mumbai city skyline behind palms.
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    News
    August 7, 2023

    RELEASE: Pablo Lazo to Lead Global Urban Land Use and Integrated Planning at WRI Ross Center

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Insights
    August 1, 2023

    5 Shifts Needed to Decarbonize Industry

    • industry
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A family walks past an industrial harbor.
    • industry
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • climatewatch-pinned

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