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Climate Change Is Hurting Africa’s Water Sector, but Investing in Water Can Pay Off

  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • water risk
Improving water management in African countries can improve climate resilience. Here, Waretu Abera, Head of Ethiopia's Water Land Resource Centre, stands by a stream. Photo by Panos Pictures/Food and Land Use Coalition.
  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • water risk
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Planes, Trains and (Big) Automobiles: How Heavy Transport Can Reduce Emissions and Save Money

  • Business
  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • Urban Mobility
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
A fuel-efficient airplane takes off during NASA's Green Flight competition.
  • Business
  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • Urban Mobility
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
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3 Ways Businesses Can Lead the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy

  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • Business
Companies can play a key role in climate leadership.
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • Business

Will Women Build the Sustainable Infrastructure of the Future?

  • Equity & Governance
  • infrastructure
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • Gender
Installing a rooftop solar panel in Malawi
  • Equity & Governance
  • infrastructure
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • Gender
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: 7 Things to Know About the Economic Analysis of the New Climate Economy 2018 Report

  • Economics
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • climate policy
Middelgrunden Wind Farm.
  • Economics
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • climate policy
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4 Ways to Shift from Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy

  • Energy
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • fossil fuels
Japan solar
  • Energy
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • fossil fuels
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A Carbon Price Can Benefit the Poor While Reducing Emissions

  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • COP24
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
coal miner
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • COP24
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
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Cities Can Save $17 Trillion by Preventing Urban Sprawl

  • Economics
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
New York City
  • Economics
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
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Making Food Production and Land Use More Sustainable Could Yield $2.3 Trillion in Economic Benefits

  • Food
  • Economics
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • health
  • restoration
Harvesting oil palm in Indonesia.
  • Food
  • Economics
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • health
  • restoration
Insights

Low-Carbon Growth Is a $26 Trillion Opportunity. Here Are 4 Ways to Seize It.

  • Business
  • Economics
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • climate change
Solar panels and wind turbines
  • Business
  • Economics
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • climate change
Outcomes
Satellite photo of fires in Indonesia
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Outcomes
Aqueduct Water Risk Map
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Outcomes

Green Climate Fund Opens for Business

  • Climate
  • Top Outcome: 2014
A herder in Mongolia
  • Climate
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Outcomes

China Moves Toward Mandatory Corporate GHG Reporting

  • Energy
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Smog over Shanghai
  • Energy
  • Top Outcome: 2014

1.5 Million People in 3 Brazilian Cities Gain Access to Quality Transport

  • Urban Mobility
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Bus rapid transit in Brazil
  • Urban Mobility
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Outcomes
Former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the NCE launch event
  • Top Outcome: 2014

WRI Advances Progress on Sustainable Development Goals

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Meeting at UN headquarters. (New York, New York)
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Top Outcome: 2014

27 Cities in Latin America & China Use New Protocol to Measure GHG Emissions

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • GHG Protocol
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Aerial shot of Rio de Janeiro
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • GHG Protocol
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Outcomes
Planting in village of Minwhoho, Lekle, Cameroon
  • restoration
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Outcomes

Better Bus Systems & Car-free Days Improve Life in India’s Cities

  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Raahgiri Day in India
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • Top Outcome: 2014
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset