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    308 Resources for
    low carbon development
    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
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    Economics
    Asia
    Insights
    April 28, 2020

    After COVID-19, 5 Ways India Can Pursue a Sustainable and Resilient Recovery

    • coronavirus
    • infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • Economics
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Person riding motorcycle in India during coronavirus pandemic
    • coronavirus
    • infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • Economics
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    March 12, 2020

    Responding to Coronavirus: Low-carbon Investments Can Help Economies Recover

    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Windmills running in the background of a dense forest.
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Business
    Insights
    July 5, 2017

    The Apparel Industry’s Environmental Impact in 6 Graphics

    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Freshwater
    Various piles of clothing strewn across a factory floor with two people sorting through the piles.
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Freshwater
    Cities
    Asia
    Update
    October 16, 2024

    Accelerating Clean Energy in India

    • Clean Energy
    • low carbon development
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Speaker at WRI India's Accelerating Clean Energy event
    • Clean Energy
    • low carbon development
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    North America
    Update
    October 16, 2024

    A Call to Decarbonize Mexico’s Buildings and Construction Sector

    • energy efficiency
    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Participants in the"Roadmap for the Decarbonization of the Building Sector” workshop in Mexico City
    • energy efficiency
    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 6, 2024

    Can Clean Hydrogen Fuel a Clean Energy Future?

    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    • FIGI
    A hydrogen pipeline.
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Hydrogen
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • low carbon development
    • industry
    • FIGI
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 17, 2024

    Cutting-Edge Projects Aim to Decarbonize US Cement Emissions

    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    • FIGI
    People wearing construction vests and hard hats look out at the Fortera cement plant.
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    • FIGI
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 9, 2024

    The US Needs to Lower Cement Emissions — ‘Blended Cement’ Can Help

    • industry
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • low carbon development
    • FIGI
    Cement is poured while two workers spread it onto the ground.
    • industry
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • low carbon development
    • FIGI
    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
    • COP29
    Setting up a solar-powered water pump to pump groundwater in Ethiopia.
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • COP29
    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
    • industry
    • FIGI
    Construction workers in colorful clothes stand near a cement mixer.
    • Buildings
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • industry
    • FIGI
    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
    • FIGI
    Bundles of steel bars stacked on shelves on a large storeroom floor.
    • Climate
    • industry
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris
    • FIGI

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