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Greening Finance: A View from Beijing

  • Business
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
The recent CCICED meeting took place in Beijing, China. Photo by Francisco Anzola/Flickr.
  • Business
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
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By Taking 5 Steps, China Can Start Leading the Green Finance Revolution

  • Business
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer presents Green Finance task force report at CCICED annual general meeting in Beijing, China. Photo by Lawrence MacDonald.
  • Business
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
Sao Paulo’s Linha 4 demonstrates how cities can successfully finance transport projects through public-private partnerships, and serves as a model for other areas in Brazil to follow. (Photo: Mariana Gil/ WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities)
  • Finance
  • transportation

Paris Countdown: Where Things Stand 5 Weeks Before Climate Summit

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Paris Agreement
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  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Paris Agreement
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The Financial System We Need

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Finance
Slowly but surely financial institutions and those who regulate them are insisting on deeper analysis and disclosure of environmental data. Photo by Bridget Colla/Flickr
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Finance
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Dispelling 4 Myths about Climate Change and Investment Risk

  • Climate
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Finance
Physical risks like drought are only some of the climate-related risks investors face. Photo by Don DeBold/Flickr
  • Climate
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Finance
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Will China Lead the Way on Green Finance?

  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
Workers install solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs in China. Photo by The Climate Group/Flickr.
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
News

RELEASE: Global Commission Finds Economic Growth Can Close the Emissions Gap

  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Economics
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • energy efficiency
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Economics
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • energy efficiency
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
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Jump-starting Clean Energy Access for the World

  • Energy
  • Finance
  • development
  • climate finance
  • international climate policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
Solar home systems in Bangladesh. Photo by ILO/Flickr/
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • development
  • climate finance
  • international climate policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
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Looking for a Faster Pace at Bonn Climate Talks

  • International Climate Action
  • Finance
  • climate policy
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Paris Agreement
  • UNFCCC
  • COP21
UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference, photo by UNFCCC, June 4, 2015
  • International Climate Action
  • Finance
  • climate policy
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Paris Agreement
  • UNFCCC
  • COP21
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Getting It Right: A New Global Model to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Finance
  • climate policy
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
  • COP21
Photo Credit: U.S. Mission to the United Nations at Rome
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Finance
  • climate policy
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
  • COP21
Research
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The Costs of Climate Adaptation, Explained in 4 Infographics

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • climate change
Sea level is projected to rise by 52-98 centimeters by the year 2100, threatening billions of people in coastal communities. (Philippines) Photo by Dennison Uy/Flickr.
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • climate change
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Let's Make It Earth and Prosperity Day

  • Finance
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • poverty
  • corporate sustainability
You can’t tackle poverty and spur economic growth without protecting the environment, and you can’t protect the environment without finding ways to make the economy grow while improving people’s lives. Photo by Global Water Partnership/Flickr.
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • poverty
  • corporate sustainability
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Asia’s Investment Bank: A New Chapter in Sustainable Development

  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) can be a powerful force for improving infrastructure in the developing world—but only if its investments benefit local communities and the environment. Photo by World Bank/Flickr.
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
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Solar panels in Palo Alto, California. Photo by Richard Masoner/Flickr
  • Finance
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset