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water tower in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Urban Development
  • Freshwater
Insights

5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights
A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights
Insights

How Floods in Pakistan Threaten Global Security

  • floods
  • Water Security
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • climate change
Flood waters soak through a housing settlement in Pakistan.
  • floods
  • Water Security
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • climate change

US Clean Energy Goals Hinge on Faster Permitting

  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
An electrical worker climbs up a transmission line
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power

Restoring a Degraded Ethiopian Watershed for Water and Livelihood Security

  • food security
  • agriculture
  • poverty
  • Climate Equity
  • Freshwater
This view of the degraded Minzir 01 watershed shows evident signs of gully formation and low stream flow.
  • food security
  • agriculture
  • poverty
  • Climate Equity
  • Freshwater
Initiatives
Chicago skyline during the day.
Initiatives
Wind turbines.

4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
Update
Clouds settle over the mountains in Virunga National Park in DRC.
  • Forests
  • forest products
  • forest monitoring
Update

New Methodology Helps Cities Lighten Their Tread on Tropical Forests

  • Forests
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • forest monitoring
Vigelandsparken in Oslo, Norway
  • Forests
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • forest monitoring
Insights

The World Is Growing More Crops — but Not for Food

  • agriculture
  • Forests
Rice paddies
  • agriculture
  • Forests
News

STATEMENT: Countries Agree to Landmark Deal to Protect World’s Ecosystems

  • Forests
  • Ocean
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • restoration
  • biodiversity
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • Ocean
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • restoration
  • biodiversity
  • Equity & Governance
Update
A river flows through Masai Mara Nature Reserve in Kenya
  • Business
  • Freshwater
  • power plants
Insights

How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
urban forest
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
Research

Better Forests, Better Cities

Cityscape behind lush forest.

What Could a “Bioeconomy” in the Amazon Look Like?

  • Forests
  • forest products
  • Forest Legality
Aerial view of Amazon River
  • Forests
  • forest products
  • Forest Legality
News

RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch Fund to Help African Cities Build Water Resilience

  • COP27
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
  • COP27
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience