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    Freshwater
    Research
    November 29, 2022

    Better Forests, Better Cities

    Cityscape behind lush forest.
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    February 19, 2020

    Mexico City Launches Challenge to Reduce Energy Consumption in Buildings

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    Cities
    Update
    February 17, 2022

    2022 Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship Open for Submissions

    • Urban Mobility
    • energy efficiency
    • transportation
    Photo of Lee Schipper, co-founder of EMBARQ, standing in a bus doorway
    • Urban Mobility
    • energy efficiency
    • transportation
    Cities
    Update
    October 19, 2021

    2021 Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship Awarded to Susan Gichuna, Tamara Kerzhner, Wei Wei

    • Urban Mobility
    • energy efficiency
    • public transit
    Photo of Lee Schipper, co-founder of EMBARQ, standing in a bus doorway
    • Urban Mobility
    • energy efficiency
    • public transit
    News
    June 22, 2021

    RELEASE: WRI, UNEP, GEF and Partners Launch Zero Carbon Building Accelerator

    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • energy efficiency
    • Cities
    Cities
    Initiatives
    March 9, 2021

    Urban Efficiency & Climate

    Bogota at night
    Cities
    Insights
    September 29, 2020

    Green Space: An Underestimated Tool to Create More Equal Cities

    • Climate Resilience
    • Forests
    • coronavirus
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • natural infrastructure
    • Urban Development
    People walking through a park.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Forests
    • coronavirus
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • natural infrastructure
    • Urban Development
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    June 29, 2020

    Collaboration on Nature-Based Solutions is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure

    • Economics
    • Climate Resilience
    • infrastructure
    • Cities
    • natural infrastructure
    Cross-agency collaboration and investing in blue-green infrastructure resulted in Singapore’s redesigned Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park.
    • Economics
    • Climate Resilience
    • infrastructure
    • Cities
    • natural infrastructure
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    April 28, 2020

    4 Investment Areas to Stimulate China's Economy After COVID-19

    • coronavirus
    • low carbon development
    • natural infrastructure
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Economics
    • Health & Road Safety
    Installation of solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of the Hongqiao Passenger Rail Terminal in Shanghai, China.
    • coronavirus
    • low carbon development
    • natural infrastructure
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Economics
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    September 19, 2019

    RELEASE: New Report Finds National Governments Can Unlock Nearly $24 Trillion by Investing in Zero-Carbon Cities

    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    News
    September 10, 2019

    ADVISORY: Press Call on How National Governments Can Capture Major Economic Benefits by Investing in Zero-Carbon Cities

    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    June 28, 2019

    Eskisehir, Turkey Leads on Energy-Efficient Buildings

    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    Eskişehir, Turkey
    • Buildings
    • Unlocking Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    Climate
    News
    September 12, 2018

    RELEASE: 45 Cities Pledge to Conserve and Restore Forests, Citing Public Health, Water and Climate Benefits

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • green bonds
    • Climate
    • natural infrastructure
    • Urban Development
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • green bonds
    • Climate
    • natural infrastructure
    • Urban Development
    Insights
    June 4, 2018

    Q&A: What Is the Future of Green Building?

    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    Looking into Toronto. Unsplash/Sandra Schuh
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    Cities
    Insights
    August 14, 2017

    A Global Greening: Green Building Certification Programs Make Gains

    • Buildings
    • natural infrastructure
    WRI office renovated lobby
    • Buildings
    • natural infrastructure
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 18, 2017

    Trump’s Budget Blueprint Goes Backwards on Urgent Infrastructure Needs

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Train on bridge
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Finance
    Insights
    January 11, 2017

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2017

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • food security
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Andrew Steer
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • food security
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Cities
    News
    October 20, 2016

    STATEMENT: WRI Welcomes the Adoption of the New Urban Agenda

    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety

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