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    water risk
    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
    Forests
    Africa
    News
    May 14, 2018

    RELEASE: WRI Africa Opens with a Focus on Forests, Cities, and Water

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • restoration
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • restoration
    • water risk
    Energy
    Insights
    May 10, 2018

    These 20 Water-Stressed Countries Have the Most Solar and Wind Potential

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Solar panels in Utah
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Asia
    Insights
    April 26, 2018

    Drop by Drop, Better Management Makes Dents in China’s Water Stress

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • water risk
    Yellow River, China
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    April 11, 2018

    Water Stress Threatens Nearly Half the World’s Thermal Power Plant Capacity

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    Kolubara A thermal power plant in Serbia.
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Europe Asia
    Insights
    April 11, 2018

    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
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 14, 2018

    5 Things Companies Can Do to Grow in a Water-Stressed World

    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Ford's River Rouge factory.
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    February 15, 2018

    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
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Asia
    News
    January 16, 2018

    RELEASE: Dependence on Scarce Water Puts India’s Electricity Supply at Risk

    • power plants
    • water risk
    • power plants
    • water risk
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    40% of India’s Thermal Power Plants Are in Water-Scarce Areas, Threatening Shutdowns

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • power plants
    • water risk
    India power plant
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • power plants
    • water risk
    Energy
    Insights
    January 4, 2018

    Power Plants Use Water, But We Have No Idea How Much

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • mapping
    • power plants
    • water risk
    Power plant in Germany
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • fossil fuels
    • mapping
    • power plants
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    November 2, 2017

    At COP23, Prioritizing Adaptation and Addressing Loss and Damage

    • Climate Resilience
    • COP23
    • climate change
    Hurricane Maria's devastating effect on Puerto Rico won't escape notice at COP.
    • Climate Resilience
    • COP23
    • climate change
    Freshwater
    Insights
    September 25, 2017

    Water Stress is Driving Conflict and Migration. How Should the Global Community Respond?

    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Drought in Rajasthan, India.
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    September 8, 2017

    With Superstorms Like Hurricane Irma Increasing, How Can Vulnerable Countries Prepare?

    • Climate Resilience
    • hurricanes
    Sailors transport evacuees during Hurricane Irma relief
    • Climate Resilience
    • hurricanes

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