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Water
Latin America
Insights
August 30, 2021

Improving Water Security Helps Reduce the Gender Gap in Mexico City

  • Forests
  • Gender
  • drought
  • infrastructure
  • water risk
A woman selling snacks from a cart in the middle of a busy plaza in Mexico City.
  • Forests
  • Gender
  • drought
  • infrastructure
  • water risk
Water
Asia
Insights
August 26, 2021

How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

  • water risk
  • renewable energy
  • power plants
  • drought
  • floods
Power plant in dry land
  • water risk
  • renewable energy
  • power plants
  • drought
  • floods
Forests
Insights
September 23, 2020

How Forests Near or Far Can Protect Water for Cities

  • Water
  • Water Security
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • water pollution
A view of Hong Kong from the edge of a forest.
  • Water
  • Water Security
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • water pollution
Equity
Africa
Insights
September 15, 2020

INSIDER: Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation into Development: Three Lessons from Kenya

  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation finance
  • Water Security
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • food security
Herders in Kenya.
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation finance
  • Water Security
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • food security
Equity
Insights
August 25, 2020

3 Climate-Resilient Food Solutions for Smallholder Farmers

  • Food
  • Climate Resilience
  • development
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • food security
Two people plowing a field.
  • Food
  • Climate Resilience
  • development
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • food security
Ocean
News
May 15, 2020

ADVISORY: Embargoed Press Call on Tackling Plastic and Pollution in the Ocean

  • water pollution
  • Ocean
  • pollution
  • water pollution
  • Ocean
  • pollution
Climate
Oceania
Insights
January 10, 2020

4 Things to Know About Australia’s Wildfires and Their Impacts on Forests

  • Forests
  • fires
  • drought
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
Australia fires
  • Forests
  • fires
  • drought
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
Water
Asia Africa
Insights
October 31, 2019

Responding to Day Zero Equitably: Water Crisis Lessons from Cape Town and Chennai

  • Cities
  • drought
  • Water
Cape Town’s largest reservoir, Theewaterskloof
  • Cities
  • drought
  • Water
Finance
Asia
Insights
October 10, 2019

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
Forests
Insights
August 26, 2019

INSIDER: Green Infrastructure Can Save Water Suppliers Money. Now You Can Estimate How Much.

  • Water
  • Economics
  • Sustainable Development Goal 9
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • water pollution
Riverside trees in Atlanta's 4th Ward Park. Flickr/DeepRoot
  • Water
  • Economics
  • Sustainable Development Goal 9
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • water pollution
Equity
Oceania
Insights
May 9, 2019

From Mangroves to Tin Roofs: Fiji Uses Built and Natural Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation

  • Climate Resilience
  • natural infrastructure
  • health
  • sea level rise
  • water pollution
A house on stilts on the outskirts of Lautoka City, Fiji
  • Climate Resilience
  • natural infrastructure
  • health
  • sea level rise
  • water pollution
Forests
Insights
March 7, 2019

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
Water
Oceania Asia North America
Insights
March 4, 2019

In World That Says It’s Cutting Nutrient Pollution, Progress Is Lacking

  • water pollution
  • Water
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Algal blooms in Florida’s Santa Fe River
  • water pollution
  • Water
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Water
North America
Insights
February 22, 2019

After 15 Years, EPA Updates Water Quality Trading Policy. It Could Do More.

  • Water
  • water pollution
  • United States
  • wastewater
  • Water Quality
Wetlands like these in the Chesapeake provide cost-effective water quality services.
  • Water
  • water pollution
  • United States
  • wastewater
  • Water Quality
Climate
North America
News
November 23, 2018

STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

  • Air Quality
  • Water Security
  • fires
  • climate science
  • natural infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • health
  • climate impacts
  • water pollution
  • pollution
  • sea level rise
  • Ocean
  • Air Quality
  • Water Security
  • fires
  • climate science
  • natural infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • health
  • climate impacts
  • water pollution
  • pollution
  • sea level rise
  • Ocean
Equity
News
October 16, 2018

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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