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    Climate natural infrastructure Water Quality
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2023

    What Exactly Are "Nature-based Solutions”?

    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • biodiversity
    • natural infrastructure
    A woman reaches up to tend to a tree she's planted.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • biodiversity
    • natural infrastructure
    Forests
    Insights
    November 29, 2022

    How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    urban forest
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    Freshwater
    Research
    November 29, 2022

    Better Forests, Better Cities

    Cityscape behind lush forest.
    Climate
    Insights
    March 17, 2021

    A Green Recovery Starts with Cities

    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • infrastructure
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • natural infrastructure
    • Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    • infrastructure
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • natural infrastructure
    Ocean
    Insights
    October 27, 2020

    4 Opportunities to Shore Up the World's Coastal Ecosystems and Communities

    • infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    The coastal city of Sisal in Mexico.
    • infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    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
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    October 7, 2019

    Climate Change Is Hurting Africa’s Water Sector, but Investing in Water Can Pay Off

    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Improving water management in African countries can improve climate resilience. Here, Waretu Abera, Head of Ethiopia's Water Land Resource Centre, stands by a stream. Photo by Panos Pictures/Food and Land Use Coalition.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Climate
    Oceania
    Insights
    May 9, 2019

    From Mangroves to Tin Roofs: Fiji Uses Built and Natural Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation

    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    • health
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    A house on stilts on the outskirts of Lautoka City, Fiji
    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    • health
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    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
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Forests
    Insights
    May 22, 2018

    Forests and Wetlands Are Water Infrastructure. New Green Bond Helps Finance Their Protection

    • Freshwater
    • green bonds
    • infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    Forest watershed
    • Freshwater
    • green bonds
    • infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    Climate
    Insights
    July 6, 2016

    How to Finance a New Climate Economy

    • Energy
    • Economics
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • natural infrastructure
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • sustainable development goals
    Rooftop solar panel in Khulna District, Bangladesh
    • Energy
    • Economics
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • natural infrastructure
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • sustainable development goals
    Climate
    Insights
    December 28, 2015

    Transforming Our Cities into the Cities We Need

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    Insights
    December 21, 2015

    COP21 Highlights Importance of City Actions in the Climate Fight

    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    Paris
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate
    Climate
    Insights
    December 17, 2015

    After COP21, Time to Use Sustainable Transport to Make Good on Climate Commitments

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • COP21
    • public transit
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • transportation
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • COP21
    • public transit
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • transportation
    Climate
    Insights
    December 16, 2015

    Success of Paris Agreement Was Built on Determination, Persistence and Science

    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    Members of WRI's COP21 team. Photo credit: WRI
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    July 30, 2015

    Water for All: How to Ensure We Leave No One Behind

    • U.S. Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • sustainable development goals
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/10816734@N03/5457207232/">World Bank Photo Collection</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>
    • U.S. Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • sustainable development goals
    • Water Quality
    • water risk

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