Resources

192 Resources for

Initiatives

October 8, 2019

Urban Water Resilience Initiative

Aerial view of Dar es Salaam after flooding.

Asia

Research

September 17, 2019

Accelerating Building Decarbonization: Eight Attainable Policy Pathways to Net Zero Carbon Buildings For All

Research

August 10, 2023

Untapped Potential: The Role of Local Governments in Locally Led Adaptation. Experiences from the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) in Niger, Lesotho, and Cambodia

Women pumping a well in Niger

Equity & Governance

Asia Africa Latin America

Research

June 28, 2022

Locally Led Adaptation: From Principles to Practice

Women at a community meeting discuss the reconstruction of their village.

Asia Africa North America Europe

Research

June 1, 2022

Clean Air Action: Applications of Citizen Science to Identify and Address Air Pollution Emission Sources

Clean Air Catalyst work in Indore, India

Research

July 19, 2021

Water Resilience in a Changing Urban Context:  Africa's Challenge and Pathways for Action

Water insecurity in African cities

Equity & Governance

Africa Latin America

Research

March 12, 2021

Public International Funding of Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation: A Landscape Assessment

Equity & Governance

Africa Latin America

Research

January 22, 2021

Locally Led Climate Adaptation: What Is Needed to Accelerate Action and Support?

Women sit on ground discussing issues in Bangladesh

Equity & Governance

Asia

Research

October 15, 2020

A Community Action Toolkit: A Roadmap for Using Environmental Rights to Fight Pollution

Equity & Governance

Initiatives

January 17, 2020

Defending Earth’s Defenders Initiative

Silas Matoke and his wife Yordana Yawate, pose for photograph as they harvesting sago known as 'pangkur' on the banks of the Tuba river in Honitetu village, West Seram regency, Maluku province, Indonesia on August 22, 2017.

Initiatives

December 9, 2019

Clean Air Catalyst

Equity & Governance

Initiatives

June 27, 2013

Land and Resource Rights

A man fishing on a boat in a river surrounded by fields.

Equity & Governance

Initiatives

June 27, 2013

Adaptation Finance and Investment

SDSN German Round Table

Equity & Governance

Research

February 11, 2021

On Equal Ground: Promising Practices for Realizing Women’s Rights in Collectively Held Lands

Update

March 6, 2024

South Africa Establishes an Inclusive Process Toward a Just Transition, with Broad Stakeholder Engagement

National Climate Action
Climate
net-zero emissions

solar panels south africa

National Climate Action
Climate
net-zero emissions

Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe

Insights

November 29, 2023

The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

Urban Efficiency & Climate
Urban Development
Climate
Climate Resilience
climate impacts
climate science
COP28

Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India

Urban Efficiency & Climate
Urban Development
Climate
Climate Resilience
climate impacts
climate science
COP28

Research

October 30, 2023

Ethiopia’s Path to Net Zero and Climate-Resilient Development: Policies, Costs, and Co-benefits

Land degradation, Ethiopia.

Equity & Governance

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

Asia

Research

March 29, 2023

Calculating Indicators From Global Geospatial Data Sets for Benchmarking and Tracking Change in the Urban Environment

Davi Costa / Brazil

News

November 14, 2022

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

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