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    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
    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.
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Oceania
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    Mientras los grupos indígenas esperan durante décadas para los títulos de tierras, las empresas están adquiriendo sus territorios

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    April 24, 2017

    The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 16, 2015

    Positioning Indonesia's Climate Commitment on the Global Stage

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • climate science
    • UNFCCC
    In 2009, Indonesia made a bold move by voluntarily pledging to achieve a 26 percent reduction in emissions against the business-as-usual scenario in 2020. Photo by James Anderson/WRI.
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • climate science
    • UNFCCC
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    May 5, 2015

    3 Steps to Build a Greener, Climate-Resilient India

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • natural infrastructure
    • natural resources
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    Hyderabad, India. Photo by Kara Newhouse, Flickr
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • natural infrastructure
    • natural resources
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 18, 2015

    3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    When land rights are weak, indigenous peoples can lose access to critical resources like forests. Photo by rbairdpccam/Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    April 1, 2014

    How to Address Risk and Make Progress on Climate and Development

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate science
    Climate impacts will also take their toll on urban dwellers, especially the poor who are at risk of rising seas and extreme weather events. For example, low-lying cities, like Mumbai and Kolkata, face significant threats from coastal flooding and storm surge. Photo credit: Dennis Jarvis, Flickr 2007
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate science
    Climate
    Africa Asia Europe
    News
    March 30, 2014

    STATEMENT: WRI Responds to IPCC Report

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    June 14, 2013

    U.S. Faces a Week of Extreme Weather and Signs of Climate Action

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • U.S. policy
    Asia
    Insights
    January 24, 2013

    Climate Change Adaptation in Rural India: A Green Infrastructure Approach

    • Climate
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • natural resources
    • poverty
    • public participation
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • natural resources
    • poverty
    • public participation
    • Freshwater
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Research
    February 1, 2002

    Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia

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