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    Urban Efficiency & Climate water risk
    Freshwater
    Update
    March 12, 2024

    Clear Watershed Boundaries Are Essential for Successful Water Stewardship

    • Freshwater
    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • water risk
    The Mississippi River runs through a city.
    • Freshwater
    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • water risk
    Cities
    News
    December 2, 2023

    RELEASE: Expert Group Launches Report to Help Cities, States and Regions Strengthen Credibility of Net Zero Climate Commitments

    • COP28
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Cities
    • COP28
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Cities
    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
    Cities
    Initiatives
    November 16, 2023

    Integrated Climate Action

    City residents gather to talk under a new shaded shelter
    Cities
    Initiatives
    November 16, 2023

    Multi-Level Governance Atlas

    Market in Marrakech, Morocco
    Freshwater
    Insights
    November 6, 2023

    5 Takeaways for Companies Setting Science-based Freshwater Targets

    • science based targets
    • water risk
    • Water Security
    • Aqueduct
    A person wearing a hat sits on the rocks overlooking Laguna Churup in Peru.
    • science based targets
    • water risk
    • Water Security
    • Aqueduct
    Freshwater
    Insights
    October 20, 2023

    The Next Phase of Corporate Sustainability: Addressing Consumer Water Use

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    Washing dishes.
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    Cities
    Update
    September 14, 2023

    Developing City Action Plans for Building Decarbonization

    • net-zero emissions
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    View of city with solar panels.
    • net-zero emissions
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Freshwater
    Update
    September 6, 2023

    Four Ways Open Reservoir Data Can Support Transboundary Peacekeeping

    • Freshwater
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    The Melkstal, Salmonsdam Road, Stanford, South Africa
    • Freshwater
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    August 16, 2023

    25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    Women collect water near Arba Minch, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia,
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    Cities
    Insights
    August 10, 2023

    As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • nature-based solutions
    Cities
    Initiatives
    July 13, 2023

    Data for Cool Cities

    People walking on sidewalk holding umbrellas on a sunny day.

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