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INSIDER: Capacity-Building in the Spotlight at COP25: 4 Things to Watch

  • COP25
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate
  • international climate policy
Community members patrol a forest in Vietnam, as part of a program that provides payment for healthy ecosystems. Building countries' capacity for monitoring and reporting on their climate solutions is an important part of the Paris Agreement. Photo by Asian Development Bank.
  • COP25
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate
  • international climate policy
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How Will the Paris Agreement's Global Stocktake Work?

  • COP25
  • paris rulebook
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
The base of the Eiffel Tower. Photo by Giorgos Vintzileos, Flickr
  • COP25
  • paris rulebook
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
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4 Priorities for the COP25 Climate Conference in Madrid

  • COP25
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
Gran Via, Madrid
  • COP25
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
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Which Countries Will Step Up Climate Commitments in 2020? What We Know Now

  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP25
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
Madrid
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP25
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
News

ADVISORY: WRI Press Call: What to Expect at COP25 Climate Negotiations in Madrid

  • COP25
  • climate change
  • United Nations
  • COP25
  • climate change
  • United Nations
Cape Town’s largest reservoir, Theewaterskloof
  • Cities
  • drought
  • Freshwater
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More Water Shortages Mean Energy Investors Need New Ways to Manage Drought Risk

  • Water Security
  • fossil fuels
  • drought
  • Energy
  • Finance
A thermal power plant in Rajasthan. Flickr/vedantlath
  • Water Security
  • fossil fuels
  • drought
  • Energy
  • Finance
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California Made Headlines, but 5 Other U.S. States Also Broke Wildfire Records in 2018

  • fires
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • climate change
  • Forests
Yosemite wildfire
  • fires
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • climate change
  • Forests

RELEASE: Global Leaders Call for Urgent Acceleration of Climate Adaptation Solutions

  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Water Security
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • climate impacts
  • renewable energy
  • Urban Development
  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Water Security
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • climate impacts
  • renewable energy
  • Urban Development
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Help for São Paulo’s Complex Water Woes: Protect and Restore Forests

  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Climate Resilience
  • Water Security
  • drought
  • Cities
  • restoration
The Atibainha reservoir in Cantareira System in São Paulo during drought.
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Climate Resilience
  • Water Security
  • drought
  • Cities
  • restoration
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Water Is a Source of Growing Tension and Violence in the Middle East

  • Aqueduct
  • Water Security
  • drought
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • Aqueduct
  • Water Security
  • drought
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
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The Human Cost of Climate Change

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate policy
  • drought
  • Climate
  • water pollution
  • water risk
Mother and child at flooded home in Bangladesh.
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate policy
  • drought
  • Climate
  • water pollution
  • water risk

In Brazil’s Drought-ravaged Caatinga Ecosystem, Small Farmers Know Best

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
The landscape of Caatinga, the semi-arid but extraordinarily biodiverse region of Brazil
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration

It's Not Just Cape Town: 4 Shrinking Reservoirs to Watch

  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Al Massira dam, Morocco
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
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This Man Wants to Pull 60,000 Rwandans Out of Poverty by Planting Trees

  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
  • Forests
Planting trees in Rwanda
  • deforestation
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • restoration
  • Forests
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3 Things Cities Can Learn from Cape Town’s Impending “Day Zero” Water Shut-Off

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • mapping
  • natural infrastructure
  • water risk
Cape Town, South Africa
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • mapping
  • natural infrastructure
  • water risk