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The Inequity of Water: While Scarcity Is Felt Locally, its Causes Are Increasingly Global

  • Freshwater
  • agriculture
  • Water Security
  • food security
Amhara farmers carrying corn crop near Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve.
  • Freshwater
  • agriculture
  • Water Security
  • food security
Update

Clear Watershed Boundaries Are Essential for Successful Water Stewardship

  • Freshwater
  • Corporate Water Stewardship
  • water risk
The Mississippi River runs through a city.
  • Freshwater
  • Corporate Water Stewardship
  • water risk

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
Outcomes

Indian Cities Pioneer Nature-based Solutions and Inspire National Climate Action

  • Top Outcome: 2023
  • Climate
  • nature-based solutions
  • National Climate Action
  • floods
  • climate change
  • Freshwater
Man gardening in plot.
  • Top Outcome: 2023
  • Climate
  • nature-based solutions
  • National Climate Action
  • floods
  • climate change
  • Freshwater
Outcomes

Jakarta Creates 50+ New Parks to Boost Climate Resilience

  • Top Outcome: 2023
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • nature-based solutions
Urban park in Jakarta.
  • Top Outcome: 2023
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • nature-based solutions
Update
Leila Surratt.
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
Update
People walking on busy market street in San Nicolas, Argentina.
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • transportation
  • climate finance
Insights

More Critical Minerals Mining Could Strain Water Supplies in Stressed Regions

  • Freshwater
  • water pollution
  • water quality
  • Water Quality
Workers extracting lithium in Bolivia.
  • Freshwater
  • water pollution
  • water quality
  • Water Quality

The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
  • climate science
  • COP28
Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
  • climate science
  • COP28
News

RELEASE: WRI and Partners Launch REHOUSE Initiative Linking Housing, Urban Services, Climate Action

  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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The Next Phase of Corporate Sustainability: Addressing Consumer Water Use

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • Water Security
  • water risk
Washing dishes.
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • Water Security
  • water risk
Update
Mumbai city skyline behind palms.
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
Update

Four Ways Open Reservoir Data Can Support Transboundary Peacekeeping

  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • water risk
The Melkstal, Salmonsdam Road, Stanford, South Africa
  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • water risk
Insights

25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress

  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Aqueduct
  • water risk
Women collect water near Arba Minch, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia,
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Aqueduct
  • water risk
News
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset