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    Cities adaptation finance Food Loss and Waste greenhouse gas accounting sustainable development goals
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 30, 2023

    What to Watch at the First Africa Climate Summit

    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP28
    Rooftop solar panels in Kenya
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP28
    Cities
    Initiatives
    March 10, 2022

    TheCityFix Labs

    People at Marine Drive in Mumbai, India
    Equity & Governance
    News
    October 16, 2018

    RELEASE: Global Leaders Call for Urgent Acceleration of Climate Adaptation Solutions

    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate impacts
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • climate impacts
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    Habitat III: Milestone for the World’s Cities or Business as Usual?

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Paris Agreement
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Quito and clouds
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Paris Agreement
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 14, 2016

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Cities
    Insights
    January 13, 2016

    Transforming Transportation: From Global Targets to Local Action

    • Cities
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Bus rapid transit (BRT) in Curitiba, Brazil
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2015

    Through Compact of Mayors, 360 Cities Will Cut Their Emissions 17% by 2030

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • climate impacts
    Rio de Janeiro
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • climate impacts
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    October 19, 2015

    Jump-starting the SDGs: 4 Lessons from Early Adopters

    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • NDC
    • sustainable development goals
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/14610739@N07/15625929161/">versello</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • NDC
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity & Governance
    News
    September 25, 2015

    WRI Calls SDGs "A Bold New Agenda For International Development"

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Food
    Insights
    April 16, 2015

    How Food Waste Costs Our Cities Millions

    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • GHG emissions
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Urban Development
    Seoul, South Korea is one of several cities experimenting with new waste management policies that will encourage people not to buy food they don’t need. Photo by Seoul Korea/Flickr.
    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • GHG emissions
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Urban Development
    Equity & Governance
    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
    • Freshwater
    • 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
    • Freshwater
    • 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
    Climate
    Latin America Asia
    News
    December 8, 2014

    RELEASE: Launch of First Global Standard to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities

    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 8, 2014

    Hundreds of Cities Poised to Replicate Rio’s Approach to Measuring and Reducing Emissions

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Rio de Janeiro pilot-tested the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories (GPC). Photo by Rodrigo Soldon/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    Asia
    Insights
    September 24, 2013

    New Greenhouse Gas Accounting Tool Will Help China’s Cities Pursue Low-Carbon Development

    • Business
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    Nanjing Road, Shanghai. Photo credit: Austronesian Expeditions, Flickr
    • Business
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases

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