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    Finance
    Insights
    July 22, 2022

    How to De-risk Low-carbon Investments

    • low carbon development
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Green Climate Fund
    • climate finance
    Two men clean solar panels in Kenya
    • low carbon development
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Green Climate Fund
    • climate finance
    Insights
    September 18, 2020

    As the UN Turns 75, Countries Should Embrace a Shared Vision of a Fairer, Safer and More Sustainable Future

    • coronavirus
    • Urban Mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • united nations
    Country flags leading to the entrance of the United Nations.
    • coronavirus
    • Urban Mobility
    • Paris Agreement
    • Business
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • united nations
    Food
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 17, 2018

    How Cocoa Farming Can Preserve Forests and Peace in Colombia

    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • low carbon development
    Cocoa farmer
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • low carbon development
    Business
    Insights
    July 5, 2017

    The Apparel Industry’s Environmental Impact in 6 Graphics

    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Water
    Various piles of clothing strewn across a factory floor with two people sorting through the piles.
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Water
    Business
    News
    March 24, 2017

    RELEASE: The Future Depends on Decoupling Business Growth from Resource Use

    • public transit
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • public transit
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • Business
    • agriculture
    Energy
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    February 8, 2017

    “Pay-As-You-Go” Solar Could Electrify Rural Africa

    • Equity
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Tanzania solar
    • Equity
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    North America Latin America Africa Europe
    News
    November 30, 2015

    STATEMENT: At COP21, Heads of State and Institutions Call for Pricing Carbon

    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Business
    • emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • carbon pricing
    • COP21
    • Business
    • emissions
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Africa
    Insights
    October 5, 2015

    Can Clean Distributed Energy Solutions Close Africa’s Access Gap?

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Economics
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Solar speciality shop in Gulu, Uganda. Photo by James Anderson/Flickr.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Economics
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    Insights
    February 23, 2015

    Putting Citi’s $100 Billion Environmental Finance Initiative in Context

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • low carbon development
    In its 2013 Global Citizenship Report, Citi reported more than $2 billion for solar financing. Photo by Walmart/Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • low carbon development
    Equity
    Asia
    Insights
    January 9, 2015

    6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • united nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • united nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Equity
    Insights
    October 3, 2014

    3 Reasons Small Businesses Must Play a Large Role in Climate Change Resilience

    • Climate
    • Business
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Farmers in Cambodia are threatened by the impacts of climate change. Photo credit: Asladhrra, Flickr
    • Climate
    • Business
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    3 Tales of Hope for a Low-Carbon Future

    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    At last week's "Ascent" meeting in Abu Dhabi, clubs of countries and companies committed to double the share of renewable energy and the pace of energy efficiency gains. Photo credit: CoCreatr, Flickr
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    Finance
    Insights
    January 16, 2014

    5 Opportunities for 21st-Century Transport

    • Cities
    • Business
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    A pedestrian walkway in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photo credit: EMBARQ
    • Cities
    • Business
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Equity
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Equity
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    October 29, 2013

    Living within Earth's “Planetary Boundaries”

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    "The Human Quest" pairs stunning photography with hard-hitting science. Photo credit: Mattias Klum, The Human Quest
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Business
    Asia
    News
    September 12, 2013

    RELEASE: Launch of the First Greenhouse Gas Accounting Tool for Chinese Cities

    • Cities
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • low carbon development
    • Cities
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    • low carbon development
    Business
    Insights
    September 12, 2013

    3 Beginning Steps to Designing a National Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • low carbon development
    A thermal power station in Takoradi, Ghana. Photo credit: Jonathan Ernst, World Bank
    • Business
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Africa Asia Europe North America
    Insights
    July 29, 2013

    Shifting Global Investments To Clean Energy

    • Energy
    • Business
    • fossil fuels
    • low carbon development
    • Energy
    • Business
    • fossil fuels
    • low carbon development
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    July 3, 2013

    A Look at China's New Environmental Guidelines on Overseas Investments

    • Climate
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • multilateral development banks
    • low carbon development
    • Climate
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • multilateral development banks
    • low carbon development

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