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    Finance
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task?

    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Setting up a solar-powered water pump to pump groundwater in Ethiopia.
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 6, 2024

    How "Complete Streets" Are Creating Safer, More Sustainable Cities in Brazil

    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    People cross the street in Belo Horizonte
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    January 2, 2024

    India’s Shift to Low-carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind

    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Construction workers in colorful clothes stand near a cement mixer.
    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    November 2, 2023

    How Advance Market Commitments and Contracts for Difference Can Help Create a Market for Green Industrial Products

    • Climate
    • industry
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris
    Bundles of steel bars stacked on shelves on a large storeroom floor.
    • Climate
    • industry
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    July 20, 2023

    New US Trade Policies Can Incentivize Clean Industrial Manufacturing

    • climate policy
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    A large ship with stacks of cargo containers sails across the sea.
    • climate policy
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Insights
    June 26, 2023

    Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    Looking down at city buildings, some with green roofs and the street below.
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    May 31, 2023

    In India, New Solar Parks Can Either Uproot or Uplift Landless Workers

    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Agricultural workers tend crops outside the Pavagada solar park fence.
    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    April 25, 2023

    What does ‘green’ procurement mean? Initiatives and standards for cement and steel.

    • Climate
    • infrastructure
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris
    Workers in hard hats installing energy
    • Climate
    • infrastructure
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris
    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    February 17, 2023

    How Multilateral Development Banks Can Use Policy-Based Financing to Support Climate-Resilient Economies

    • multilateral development banks
    • Climate
    • low carbon development
    Women scoop up dirty water from a polluted lake in Chad.
    • multilateral development banks
    • Climate
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Africa
    Update
    January 24, 2023

    Non-Motorized Transport Corridor – Kampala, Uganda

    • Health & Road Safety
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    Non-Motorized Transport Corridor – Kampala, Uganda
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    January 24, 2023

    Joel Carlos Borges Street– São Paulo, Brazil

    • Health & Road Safety
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    Joel Carlos Borges Street, São Paulo
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    Cities
    Asia
    Update
    January 24, 2023

    Redesign of Delhi Gate Intersection – New Delhi, India

    • Health & Road Safety
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    Redesign of Delhi Gate Intersection, New Delhi
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    Cities
    Asia
    Update
    January 24, 2023

    Redesign of HP Junction – Mumbai, India

    • Health & Road Safety
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    Redesign of HP Junction, Mumbai
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    Cities
    Asia
    Update
    January 24, 2023

    Outer Ring Road Cycle Lanes – Bangalore, India

    • Road Safety Project Updates
    • Health & Road Safety
    Outer Ring Road Cycle Lanes, Bangalore
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    January 24, 2023

    Saenz Transport Hub Redesign – Buenos Aires, Argentina

    • Health & Road Safety
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    Road safety interventions at Saenz Transport Hub, Buenos Aires
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    January 19, 2023

    Next Steps on the US Journey Toward Industrial Decarbonization

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    Seven construction workers stand on building foundation of steel bars and cement
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    December 15, 2022

    Tunjuelito Low-Speed Zone – Bogotá, Colombia

    • Health & Road Safety
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    Kids participating in a safe streets event on Camilo Cardona
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Road Safety Project Updates
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 7, 2022

    In Barranquilla, Colombia, Urban Parks Revitalize a Declining City

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Urban Transformations
    Parque Sagrado Corazon in Barranquilla, Colombia
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Urban Transformations
    Cities
    Insights
    October 21, 2022

    3 Essentials for Integrated Urban Climate Action

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • low carbon development
    • urban water resilience
    • Cities
    Tram and buildings in Guadalajara.
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • low carbon development
    • urban water resilience
    • Cities

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