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    Climate poverty rivers
    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
    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
    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.
    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 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
    Asia
    Insights
    May 20, 2016

    Lessons on Implementing Community-Based Climate Adaptation Plans in the Lower Mekong Basin

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • rivers
    Boats in a river
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • rivers
    Climate
    Insights
    December 30, 2015

    Top 5 Corporate Sustainability Stories of 2015

    • Business
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and other heads of state at COP21. Credit: White House
    • Business
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Climate
    Insights
    June 16, 2015

    The Pope, the Economy and the Case for Climate Action

    • Economics
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Pope Francis issues his long awaited Encyclical on Climate Change this week. Photo by Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Climate
    Insights
    May 19, 2015

    Getting It Right: A New Global Model to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Photo Credit: U.S. Mission to the United Nations at Rome
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Climate
    Insights
    April 22, 2015

    Let's Make It Earth and Prosperity Day

    • Finance
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • poverty
    • corporate sustainability
    You can’t tackle poverty and spur economic growth without protecting the environment, and you can’t protect the environment without finding ways to make the economy grow while improving people’s lives. Photo by Global Water Partnership/Flickr.
    • Finance
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • poverty
    • corporate sustainability
    Climate
    Insights
    March 5, 2015

    World’s 15 Countries with the Most People Exposed to River Floods

    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Citizens flee floods in Sri Lanka. Photo by trokilinochchi/Wikimedia Commons.
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    December 10, 2014

    Quick Perspective on UN Secretary-General’s Vision for a Post-2015 Agenda

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • development
    • human rights
    • climate science
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Photo by UNDP via OXFAM/Flickr.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • development
    • human rights
    • climate science
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Climate
    Insights
    August 18, 2014

    Towards A New Global Development Agenda: 5 Key Questions

    • Equity & Governance
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • development
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • Equity & Governance
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • development
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Climate
    Insights
    August 4, 2014

    Sustainability at WRI: Our Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report

    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • corporate sustainability
    Where in the world is WRI traveling? To better understand our business travel emissions and develop metrics for tracking changes, we instituted performance indicators, including emissions per staff and top destinations. Photo Credit: WRI
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG emissions
    • corporate sustainability

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