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    Africa Cities Climate Resilience
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    May 22, 2019

    People Move to Cities for Better Jobs and Opportunities. Impossible Commutes Are Getting in the Way

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Aerial view of streets in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    April 5, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Durban, Informal Workers Design Marketplaces Instead of Getting Displaced by Them

    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • Urban Development
    Warwick Junction
    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • Urban Development
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    February 5, 2019

    For Small Businesses in Africa, Climate Resilience Is an Economic Opportunity

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • restoration
    • Business
    Herders with cattle in Tigray, Ethiopia. Mohammed Bakarr / GEF
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • restoration
    • Business
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    January 3, 2019

    Bamboo: Malawi’s Unexpected Tool for Climate Change Resilience

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • restoration
    Bamboo nursery
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • restoration
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    December 18, 2018

    Johannesburg Fights Inequality with Transit-Oriented Development

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • world resources report
    Contrasting high and low income housing juxtaposed in Bloubosrand, Johannesburg, June 2016. Photo: Christina Culwick
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • world resources report
    Africa Europe
    Insights
    July 6, 2018

    Why Climate Change is a Security Matter

    • Climate Resilience
    • circular economy
    • climate change
    • Freshwater
    Mopti riverfront
    • Climate Resilience
    • circular economy
    • climate change
    • Freshwater
    Forests
    Africa
    News
    May 14, 2018

    RELEASE: WRI Africa Opens with a Focus on Forests, Cities, and Water

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • restoration
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • restoration
    • water risk
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 22, 2017

    USAID Climate Action Is a Great Investment for the United States

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    Flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    Africa
    Insights
    January 9, 2017

    Rising Carbon Emissions from Warming Soil Highlight Benefits of Land Restoration

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • restoration
    Climate
    Africa Oceania
    Insights
    December 15, 2016

    How Do You Pick the Right Adaptation Strategy? 4 Tools Can Help

    • Climate
    • drought
    • Climate Resilience
    • Green Climate Fund
    Kenyan farmer
    • Climate
    • drought
    • Climate Resilience
    • Green Climate Fund
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    August 2, 2016

    Q&A: How to Involve Kenya’s Local Communities in Adapting to Climate Change?

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    Farmer from rural Kenya working on her land
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    May 11, 2016

    RELEASE: Policy Blueprint for Building Efficiency Shows Urban Leaders How to Boost Economy and Cut Emissions

    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    December 6, 2015

    African Countries Aim to Restore 100 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Forests
    Forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • Forests
    Africa Europe
    Insights
    November 3, 2015

    Beyond Conflict, Water Stress Contributed to Europe’s Migration Crisis

    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • water risk
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/47205547@N02/21910319813/">MichaelGubi</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    October 19, 2015

    Jump-starting the SDGs: 4 Lessons from Early Adopters

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • NDC
    • sustainable development goals
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/14610739@N07/15625929161/">versello</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • NDC
    • sustainable development goals

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