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    Climate
    Data
    November 7, 2018

    47% of World's Thermal Power Capacity is in Highly Water-Stressed Areas

    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    November 5, 2018

    UN Security Council Examines the Connection Between Water Risk and Political Conflict

    • Aqueduct
    • human rights
    • United Nations
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    SDF fighters in central Raqqa
    • Aqueduct
    • human rights
    • United Nations
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2018

    Investors Think They Can Make Money Reducing Wildfire Risk. A Forest Restoration Project in Yuba, CA Puts this Idea into Practice.

    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Learning about forest resilience with rangers. Photo: Leah Schleifer
    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 18, 2018

    Women Are the Secret Weapon for Better Water Management

    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 6
    • Water Security
    • Gender
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 6
    • Water Security
    • Gender
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    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
    Finance
    Insights
    October 12, 2018

    Crunch Time for the Green Climate Fund: 5 Issues to Watch at Critical Board Meeting

    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Manama skyline in Bahrain, where the GCF is set to meet. Flickr/Michele Solmi
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    October 12, 2018

    INSIDER: Is This Scenario Right? Easing the Doubt in Scenario Analysis

    • Climate
    • Business
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    Unexpected destruction after Hurricane Andrew.
    • Climate
    • Business
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Finance
    Insights
    September 6, 2018

    4 Lessons from WRI’s Sustainable Investing Journey: A CFO’s Perspective

    • Finance
    • Business
    Black Rock Solar photovoltaic array at Food Bank of Northern Nevada
    • Finance
    • Business
    Finance
    Insights
    September 6, 2018

    Learning by Doing: Lessons from WRI’s Sustainable Investing Journey

    • Finance
    • Business
    NYSE-floor
    • Finance
    • Business
    Finance
    Insights
    August 28, 2018

    Wanted: Team Coach for the Green Climate Fund

    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Landscape restoration in Água Boa, Brazil.
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Freshwater
    Insights
    August 27, 2018

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    August 2, 2018

    Deploying Adaptation Finance for Maximum Impact

    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    woman-farmer-Nepal
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    July 20, 2018

    INSIDER: One Year On, 4 Early Trends in Climate-Related Scenario Analysis

    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    Climate
    Insights
    July 2, 2018

    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
    Freshwater
    Insights
    June 6, 2018

    PODCAST: Water Stress Is a Threat We Can't Ignore

    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    The Sahel suffers regular droughts.
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    May 24, 2018

    The World Is Counting on Banks to Deliver Climate Finance. Counting Their Progress Is No Easy Feat.

    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    Banks could be more transparent about their climate progress.
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks

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