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    drought
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 30, 2023

    UN Water Conference 2023: Not Enough Game-changing Commitments

    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Girls collect water in Rajasthan, India
    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 30, 2021

    Improving Water Security Helps Reduce the Gender Gap in Mexico City

    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    A woman selling snacks from a cart in the middle of a busy plaza in Mexico City.
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    August 26, 2021

    How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Power plant in dry land
    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Technical Perspectives
    September 15, 2020

    INSIDER: Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation into Development: Three Lessons from Kenya

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • food security
    Herders in Kenya.
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • food security
    Climate
    Insights
    August 25, 2020

    3 Climate-Resilient Food Solutions for Smallholder Farmers

    • Food
    • Climate Resilience
    • development
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    Two people plowing a field.
    • Food
    • Climate Resilience
    • development
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    Climate
    Oceania
    Insights
    January 10, 2020

    4 Things to Know About Australia’s Wildfires and Their Impacts on Forests

    • Forests
    • fires
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Australia fires
    • Forests
    • fires
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Freshwater
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    October 31, 2019

    Responding to Day Zero Equitably: Water Crisis Lessons from Cape Town and Chennai

    • Cities
    • drought
    • Freshwater
    Cape Town’s largest reservoir, Theewaterskloof
    • Cities
    • drought
    • Freshwater
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    October 10, 2019

    More Water Shortages Mean Energy Investors Need New Ways to Manage Drought Risk

    • Water Security
    • fossil fuels
    • drought
    • Energy
    • Finance
    A thermal power plant in Rajasthan. Flickr/vedantlath
    • Water Security
    • fossil fuels
    • drought
    • Energy
    • Finance
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    September 4, 2019

    For the Millions of East Africans Who Need Electricity Most, Data Shows Renewable Energy Is a Viable – and Affordable – Solution

    • mapping
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 4
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Electricity has far-reaching impacts on people's livelihoods. This Tanzanian tailor can sew at night thanks to solar power. Photo by Theo Steemers/USAID
    • mapping
    • Humans of Clean Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 4
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 29, 2019

    Despite Challenges, Virginia Cities Envision a Bold Clean Energy Future

    • Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • renewable energy
    Aerial view of Arlington County
    • Energy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • renewable energy
    Insights
    July 31, 2019

    PODCAST: From Renewables to 100% Clean Energy

    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    We can decarbonize the grid by focusing on lowering the emissions intensity of electricity generation. Pixabay/blickpixel
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    Insights
    June 6, 2019

    Beyond Renewables: How to Reduce Energy-Related Emissions by Measuring What Matters

    • Climate
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    sunset-windmills-hill.jpg
    • Climate
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Governments, Companies and NGOs Adopt Shared Mobility Principles

    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Health & Road Safety
    Shared bikes in Beijing. Photo by Kentaro IEMOTO/Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    WRI Informs Urban Development Roadmap for Karnataka, India

    • Top Outcome: 2018
    A street in Bangalore, India. Photo by Ryan ruffin_ready/Flickr
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    Cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America Create Safer, More Sustainable Streets

    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Health & Road Safety
    Rua Completa Joel Carlos Borges. Photo by Pedro Mascaro/WRI Brasil
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2019

    WRI Helps Set Paris Agreement in Motion

    • Finance
    • Economics
    • Top Outcome: 2018
    Negotiators at COP24 in Katowice, Poland adopted a robust Paris Rulebook to set the agreement in motion. Photo by UNclimatechange/Flickr
    • Finance
    • Economics
    • Top Outcome: 2018

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