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4 Ways the Green Climate Fund Can Make Its Investments Count

  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • low carbon development
The Green Climate Fund aspires to become the main, global fund for providing climate change finance, contributing to activities like the expansion of renewable power. Photo credit: Solar Electric Light Fund, Flickr
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • low carbon development
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2 Messages for the Green Climate Fund on Supporting “Readiness”

  • Finance
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
Readiness support is not new, and many countries are already receiving such support in one form or another. Photo Credit: Monica Muller, Flickr 2010
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund

Top 5 Climate and Energy Stories for 2014

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
Solar installation, carefully lifting the panels at height P1000644. Photo credit: Wikipedia, 2011
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy

Watching for Signs of Climate Action in the State of the Union Address

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate science
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG emissions
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Seven months have passed since President Obama announced the national Climate Action Plan. Photo credit: Steve Jurvetson, Flickr
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate science
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG emissions
  • power plants
  • renewable energy

Looking Back on 15 Years of Greenhouse Gas Accounting

  • Climate
  • GHG Protocol
Through a combination of renewable energy purchases, development of renewable energy installations, and enhancements to its server systems, Intel managed to reduce its emissions by 60 percent below 2007 levels by the end of 2012. | Photo credit: Wikimedia, 2006
  • Climate
  • GHG Protocol
  • Climate
  • UNFCCC
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7 Stories to Watch in 2014

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • U.S. policy
As host of the 2014 World Cup, all eyes will be on Brazil's cities to see how they deal with their sustainability challenges and opportunities. Photo credit: Crystal Davis, WRI
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • U.S. policy
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The Trillion Dollar Question

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The Trillion Dollar Question: Where Does Transport Investment Come From?

  • Cities
  • Business
  • Finance
  • transportation
Global transport investment is between US$1.4 and US$2.1 trillion each year. Photo credit: Switchology, Flickr
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Finance
  • transportation
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Forest Fires, Water Security, and China’s Sustainability Challenges: WRI’s 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
New analysis reveals that 37 countries face extremely high levels of water stress, including Qatar (shown here). Photo credit: Neil Palmer/ CIAT
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
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5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk
New research shows that the world loses 50 soccer fields' of forest every minute of every day. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk
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A Business Case for Building Climate Resilience

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Finance
Daniel Dowling of PriceWaterhouseCoopers was part of a week-long climate finance event in Songdo, South-Korea.
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Finance
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WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • water risk
WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • water risk
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Warsaw Climate Meeting Makes Progress on Forests, REDD+

  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • GHG emissions
According to recent estimates, roughly 15 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions originate from deforestation and land use change. Photo credit: Nick Hogarth for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • GHG emissions
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High Hopes for the Green Climate Fund: 5 Messages on Private Sector Engagement

  • Business
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
Farmers engage in climate-smart agriculture in Ghana. Photo credit: C Peterson (CIAT/CCAFS)
  • Business
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund

7 Ways to Attract and Use Climate Finance for Transport

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • transportation
A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Curitiba, Brazil. Photo credit: whl.travel
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • transportation
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2 Big Issues to Tackle as the Green Climate Fund Sets Up Shop

  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • multilateral development banks
This week, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) celebrated the official opening of its headquarters in Songdo, Korea. Photo credit: World Bank, Flickr
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • multilateral development banks