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    development United Nations
    Finance
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task?

    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Setting up a solar-powered water pump to pump groundwater in Ethiopia.
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    Insights
    November 2, 2023

    Benchmarks for Success for COP28

    • COP28
    • United Nations
    • UNFCCC
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Solar-powered water pump on a Malawi farm
    • COP28
    • United Nations
    • UNFCCC
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Freshwater
    Update
    June 27, 2023

    WRI Joins the Millennium Water Alliance

    • Freshwater
    • Water Security
    • development
    Lake Tana, Ethiopia
    • Freshwater
    • Water Security
    • development
    Finance
    Asia
    Technical Perspectives
    April 11, 2023

    What the World Bank’s Country Climate and Development Reports Tell Us About the Debt-Climate Nexus in Low-income Countries

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    Boat on river in front of palm trees.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    October 18, 2022

    Bogotá and Cali Connect Local Action to National Ambition to Transform the Buildings Sector

    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • development
    • Cities
    Aerial view of Bogota, Colombia
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • development
    • Cities
    Climate
    Update
    August 8, 2022

    UN Human Rights Council Underscores the Need for Loss and Damage Action Ahead of COP27

    • United Nations
    • human rights
    • Climate Governance
    • Climate
    UN Geneva meeting in session
    • United Nations
    • human rights
    • Climate Governance
    • Climate
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    March 14, 2022

    5 Challenges the UNFCCC Must Overcome To Spur Climate Action

    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • Climate
    • United Nations
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    The background of the opening plenary, COP26.
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • Climate
    • United Nations
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    December 17, 2021

    5 Ways China’s Cities Can Drive Equitable and Sustainable Urbanization

    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • nature-based solutions
    • development
    • low carbon development
    A close-up of shrubbery with skyscrapers in the distant background.
    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • nature-based solutions
    • development
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    September 27, 2021

    Will Progress at Climate Week Spur More Action Ahead of COP26?

    • United Nations
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • climate policy
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • COP26
    • NDC
    • Paris Agreement
    Flags from different countries flying in front of the United Nations building.
    • United Nations
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • climate policy
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • COP26
    • NDC
    • Paris Agreement
    Climate
    Insights
    September 20, 2021

    10 Big Findings From the First Batch of Long-Term Strategies

    • long-term strategies
    • United Nations
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • National Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    The front of the United Nations building lined with flags.
    • long-term strategies
    • United Nations
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • National Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    Climate
    Insights
    September 16, 2021

    5 Issues to Watch at Climate Week 2021

    • climate change
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    • United Nations
    • International Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    A utility worker installs rooftop solar panels in Jiujiang, East China
    • climate change
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    • United Nations
    • International Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    February 26, 2021

    How Do Countries' New Emissions-reduction Plans Stack Up?

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • United Nations
    • COP26
    Windmills with a sunset in the background.
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • United Nations
    • COP26
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2021

    4 Climate Finance Priorities for the Biden Administration

    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    View of the White House and surrounding Washington, D.C. streets from above.
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    Cities
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    December 18, 2020

    Developing Cities Need Cash. Land Value Capture Can Help

    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • land use
    • development
    • Finance
    • Urban Development
    People walk on and around an outdoor escalator at a train station in Shenzhen.
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • land use
    • development
    • Finance
    • Urban Development

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