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    sea level rise Unlocking Climate Action
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    January 11, 2023

    In Iloilo City, Philippines, an Inclusive Housing Program Protects Vulnerable Communities from Flood Risks

    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Urban Development
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    This housing in Iloilo City, Philippines was built to provide safe shelter to people previously living in flood zones.
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Urban Development
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Business
    Insights
    September 1, 2021

    6 Ways to Prevent Greenwashing and Risks from Trade Associations

    • Unlocking Climate Action
    A "do not walk" sign lit up on an intersection with skyscrapers in the background.
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    Climate
    Insights
    April 10, 2020

    5 Visible Signs of Climate Change in Antarctica

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Cities
    News
    February 10, 2020

    RELEASE: WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities 2020-2021 Opens; Now Accepting Applications for Transformative Urban Climate Projects

    • Climate Resilience
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    Climate
    Insights
    February 5, 2020

    Runways Underwater: Maps Show Where Rising Seas Threaten 80 Airports Around the World

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Insights
    December 20, 2019

    6 Ways the Climate Changed Over the Past Decade

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Iceberg with hole
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Cities
    News
    October 9, 2019

    RELEASE: New Research Finds Climate Adaptation Is an Opportunity for Transformative Change in Cities

    • Urban Transformations
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • sea level rise
    • Urban Transformations
    • Climate Resilience
    • Cities
    • sea level rise
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    June 28, 2019

    Eskisehir, Turkey Leads on Energy-Efficient Buildings

    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    Eskişehir, Turkey
    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    Climate
    Oceania
    Insights
    May 9, 2019

    From Mangroves to Tin Roofs: Fiji Uses Built and Natural Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation

    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    • health
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    A house on stilts on the outskirts of Lautoka City, Fiji
    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    • health
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Cities
    Insights
    February 4, 2019

    Optimize, Electrify, Decarbonize: The 3 Steps to Thriving, Zero-Carbon Cities

    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    Las Vegas solar panels
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    Climate
    Insights
    January 17, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science: Emissions at All-time High, Extremer Weather, Bad Report Card for the Arctic

    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 29, 2018

    Unlocking Climate Action: Building a Landscape Restoration Movement from the Ground Up

    • Forests
    • COP24
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • restoration
    Extrema, Brazil plantation
    • Forests
    • COP24
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • restoration
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Climate
    Insights
    November 19, 2018

    This Month in Climate Science: Rising Beer Prices, Eroding World Heritage Sites and Disappearing Birds

    • this month in climate science
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Barley fields
    • this month in climate science
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 13, 2018

    Unlocking Climate Action: From Bogota City Hall to the President’s Desk and Back Again

    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    Bogota skyline
    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 28, 2018

    Unlocking Climate Action: When Nations, States and Cities Reinforce Each Other, Everybody Wins

    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    Biking in Copenhagen. Flickr/Mikael Colville Andersen
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    July 19, 2018

    This Month in Climate Science: Faster Antarctic Melt, Slower-Moving Storms and Disappearing Artifacts

    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica
    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Insights
    January 5, 2018

    Billion-Dollar Disasters to Disappearing Ice: 2017 Was a Year of Record-Breaking Climate Events

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Hurricane Maria
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    Climate
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    September 5, 2017

    Keeping Heads Above Water: Lessons for Building Resilience After Flooding in South Asia and Texas

    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Escapees from hurricane flooding.
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Climate
    Insights
    January 3, 2017

    PODCAST: As Climate Impacts Mount, Seaside Mayors Speak Out

    • podcasts
    • Climate
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Biloxi, Miss. after Hurricane Katrina.
    • podcasts
    • Climate
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise

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