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    adaptation
    Cities
    Insights
    December 16, 2024

    After a Tumultuous 2024, What’s Next for Cities?

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • health
    • COP16
    • COP29
    • housing
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    People walk through a debris-filled street after severe flooding in Valencia, Spain.
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • health
    • COP16
    • COP29
    • housing
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    December 2, 2024

    Three Takeaways on Green Infrastructures and Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience

    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • adaptation
    People cross a swollen river after heavy rains in Kigali, Rwanda.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Cities
    • adaptation
    Climate
    Insights
    November 27, 2024

    Key Outcomes from COP29: Unpacking the New Global Climate Finance Goal and Beyond

    • Climate
    • COP29
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • UNFCCC
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • adaptation
    People walk under an ornate archway labeled "COP29."
    • Climate
    • COP29
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • International Climate Action
    • UNFCCC
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • adaptation
    Food
    Insights
    October 18, 2024

    Agriculture’s 'Missing Middle' Is Key to Making Food Systems Climate Resilient

    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • adaptation
    • food security
    Three people unload pineapple from a truck on a busy street in Vietnam.
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • adaptation
    • food security
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 9, 2024

    Urban Heat and Passive Cooling

    Woman walking wearing covering for heat and umbrella.
    Climate
    Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    August 5, 2024

    What Are Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Why Are They Important?

    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    People walk on a bridge over wetlands with windmills in the distance.
    • NDC
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • adaptation
    • climate finance
    • COP29
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Cities
    Initiatives
    August 2, 2024

    Heat and Health in Brazilian Cities

    Ocupação Novo Alvorada- região leste de Belo Horizonte / MG
    Cities
    Africa
    News
    May 21, 2024

    RELEASE: Canada Awards Over CAD$28 Million to Scale Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in African Cities

    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • Water Security
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • nature-based solutions
    • adaptation
    • Water Security
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    May 10, 2024

    Tragic Flooding in Brazil; a Wake-Up Call for the World

    • floods
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    floods in Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • floods
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    Climate
    Insights
    February 1, 2024

    Understanding the Paris Agreement's 'Global Goal on Adaptation'

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • International Climate Action
    • COP28
    • adaptation
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP29
    A group of people work to repair a low mud wall which helps control flooding.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • International Climate Action
    • COP28
    • adaptation
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP29
    Climate
    Insights
    December 17, 2023

    Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next

    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • COP28
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP29
    • NDC
    Closing of COP28 climate summit in Dubai
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • COP28
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP29
    • NDC
    Climate
    News
    September 8, 2023

    STATEMENT: UN’s Global Stocktake Report Offers a Damning Report Card for Global Climate Effort

    • International Climate Action
    • COP28
    • adaptation
    • Integrated Transport
    • Finance
    • Food
    • Energy
    • International Climate Action
    • COP28
    • adaptation
    • Integrated Transport
    • Finance
    • Food
    • Energy
    Equity & Governance
    Oceania
    Update
    June 14, 2023

    Profiles of Adaptation: Fiji

    • adaptation
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Equity & Governance
    Josaia Cakacaka/Unsplash
    • adaptation
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Equity & Governance
    Finance
    Insights
    May 10, 2023

    What It Takes to Attract Private Investment to Climate Adaptation

    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • Paying for Paris
    People walk down a heavily flooded market street in Lagos, Nigeria
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • Paying for Paris
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Update
    April 18, 2023

    Profiles of Adaptation: Somalia

    • adaptation
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Equity & Governance
    People and cars crowd the streets of Hargeisa
    • adaptation
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Insights
    March 20, 2023

    10 Big Findings from the 2023 IPCC Report on Climate Change

    • adaptation
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    A girl wearing a long sundress pedals a bicycle down a flooded road..
    • adaptation
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28

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