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Can “Biodiversity Credits” Boost Conservation?

  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Finance
A herd of elephants crosses the Luangwa River in Zambia
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Finance
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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
Technical Perspectives

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
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How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
urban forest
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
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  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
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How Can Brazil Protect the Amazon and Advance Climate Action?

  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • climate finance
  • biodiversity
  • forest monitoring
  • forest products
Amazon rainforest
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • climate finance
  • biodiversity
  • forest monitoring
  • forest products
Initiatives

Systems Change Lab

Person in crowd holding sign that reads "SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE" with Earth image on cardboard sign.
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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
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This Month in Climate Science, December 2019: Pre-term Births, Fewer Fishermen and Accelerated Arctic Melt

  • this month in climate science
  • climate science
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • health
  • Ocean
  • Freshwater
Two fishermen offloading lobster from their boat onto a floating dock in Maine.
  • this month in climate science
  • climate science
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • health
  • Ocean
  • Freshwater
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From Climate Researcher to Climate Spectator: Witnessing a Melting Arctic

  • Climate
  • climate science
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
The Arctic
  • Climate
  • climate science
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
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This Month in Climate Science: First Climate-Induced Mammal Extinction, Color-changing Oceans and Stranded Sea Turtles

  • this month in climate science
  • climate science
  • biodiversity
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
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Bramble Cay melomys
  • this month in climate science
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  • Climate Resilience
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Cities4Forests

Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
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Ocean Conservation Is an Untapped Strategy for Fighting Climate Change

  • Climate
  • conservation
  • National Climate Action
  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Paris Agreement
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • Ocean
Mangroves
  • Climate
  • conservation
  • National Climate Action
  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Paris Agreement
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • Ocean
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Banks could be more transparent about their climate progress.
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
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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
News

RELEASE: WRI Selects Paula Caballero to Lead Climate Program

  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • multilateral development banks
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • multilateral development banks

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

  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • Business
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • Business
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
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Why Dedicating Land to Bioenergy Won't Curb Climate Change

  • Energy
  • Food
  • biodiversity
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • food security
A new WRI working paper recommends against dedicating land to produce bioenergy. Photo by Macomb Paynes.
  • Energy
  • Food
  • biodiversity
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • food security

3 Promising Pathways to Finance Sustainable Cities

  • Cities
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • COP20
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Paris Agreement
  • transportation
Leaders at COP20 can explore a range of sources for financing low-carbon urban development including multilateral investment banks, private investors, and innovative initatives like the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions or climate-themed bonds. (Mexico City, Mexico) Photo by Boris G/Flickr.
  • Cities
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • COP20
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Paris Agreement
  • transportation
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Q&A with Dr. Karin Kemper: How Is the World Bank Addressing Climate Change?

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
  • multilateral development banks
Dr. Kemper shared plans to more fully incorporate sustainability—including climate change mitigation and adaptation—into its international development agenda. Photo credit: Dhilung Kirat, Flickr 2008
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
  • multilateral development banks