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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
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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
News
  • COP28
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
Insights

The Good, the Bad and the Urgent: MDB Climate Finance in 2022

  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
Women farmers in New Delhi, India, crouch in the fields in the summer heat.
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks

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
Initiatives

Integrated Climate Action

City residents gather to talk under a new shaded shelter
Initiatives

Multi-Level Governance Atlas

Market in Marrakech, Morocco
Update

Developing City Action Plans for Building Decarbonization

  • net-zero emissions
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
View of city with solar panels.
  • net-zero emissions
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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
Insights

As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
Initiatives

Data for Cool Cities

People walking on sidewalk holding umbrellas on a sunny day.
Technical Perspectives

MDBs Need Major Reforms, Not Just More Funding, to Address Climate and Development Finance Challenges

  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • climate finance
  • sustainable development goals
Women and children walking among tents in a refugee camp in Somalia.
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • climate finance
  • sustainable development goals
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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
Update
Fisherman in Tanzania lake
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security