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    Climate multilateral development banks poverty
    Finance
    Technical Perspectives
    February 17, 2023

    How Multilateral Development Banks Can Use Policy-Based Financing to Support Climate-Resilient Economies

    • multilateral development banks
    • Climate
    • low carbon development
    Women scoop up dirty water from a polluted lake in Chad.
    • multilateral development banks
    • Climate
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Insights
    February 15, 2023

    5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    January 27, 2023

    Restoring a Degraded Ethiopian Watershed for Water and Livelihood Security

    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    This view of the degraded Minzir 01 watershed shows evident signs of gully formation and low stream flow.
    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    January 3, 2023

    An Innovative Jobs Program in Odisha, India Helped Informal Workers Through COVID-19 and Beyond

    • poverty
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Workers build steps in Odisha, India
    • poverty
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Climate
    Insights
    May 10, 2021

    5 Ways the World Bank’s Climate Action Plan Could Go Further

    • multilateral development banks
    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    Wind Park near Kavarna, Bulgaria.
    • multilateral development banks
    • International Climate Action
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 21, 2020

    City Leaders Must Prioritize Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Communities

    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • poverty
    Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Indonesia
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • poverty
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    December 20, 2019

    Ensuring a "Just Transition": 5 Priorities to Make Climate Action Benefit Low-Income and Disadvantaged Groups

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A youth group marching in Paris, with a banner that says "climate justice = social justice." Photo by Andreas Link/Young FoEE
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 27, 2019

    Chile’s Protests Offer Lessons on Social Inequality and Climate Action

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Protests in Santiago, Chile
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Climate Equity
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 23, 2019

    What Can Global Forest Watch Tell Us About the Fires in Brazil?

    • Climate
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • climate change
    • global forest watch
    GFW Satellite Fires image
    • Climate
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • climate change
    • global forest watch
    Climate
    Insights
    June 7, 2019

    For a 1.5 C World, Cities Must Go Carbon Neutral. They Can’t Do It Alone.

    • climate science
    • Climate
    Heidelberg, Germany
    • climate science
    • Climate
    Equity & Governance
    Technical Perspectives
    September 27, 2018

    INSIDER: Leaving No One Behind in Advancing Climate Actions: Implications and Opportunities

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Climate
    Insights
    May 24, 2018

    The World Is Counting on Banks to Deliver Climate Finance. Counting Their Progress Is No Easy Feat.

    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    Banks could be more transparent about their climate progress.
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    News
    September 29, 2017

    ADVISORY: WRI Honors Darren Walker and Feike Sijbesma at "Courage to Lead" Dinner

    • conservation
    • land use
    • Climate Resilience
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • environmental justice
    • food security
    • health
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • conservation
    • land use
    • Climate Resilience
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • environmental justice
    • food security
    • health
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    Climate
    Insights
    September 15, 2017

    MDB Climate Finance in 2016: The Good, the Bad and the Urgent

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • multilateral development banks
    Researcher pulls up mangrove roots for carbon stock assessment, Kalimantan, Indonesia
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    Insights
    September 7, 2017

    2050 is Now

    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    African farmer
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    April 4, 2017

    The Roadmap to Decarbonization Won’t Go Far without Land

    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Paris Agreement
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • global forest watch
    Farming field in the Amazon
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Paris Agreement
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • global forest watch
    Climate
    Insights
    January 24, 2017

    Intact Forest Landscapes Matter for Climate Change. Here Are 3 Reasons Why.

    • Forests
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    • global forest watch
    • Forests
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    • global forest watch
    Climate
    News
    October 15, 2016

    STATEMENT: WRI Statement on Montreal Protocol Amendment to Phase Down HFCs

    • GHG emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • Paris Agreement

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