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    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Cities
    Initiatives
    June 28, 2023

    Reimagining Public Transport

    Construction on train station stop.
    Cities
    Insights
    June 26, 2023

    Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    Looking down at city buildings, some with green roofs and the street below.
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    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
    North America
    Insights
    June 21, 2022

    For Vibrant US Cities, Invest in Multi-modal Transportation

    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cyclist using the bike lane in a busy urban street.
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    April 21, 2022

    5 Ways to Cut Oil and Gas Use Through Clean Transportation

    • Cities
    • biking
    • public transit
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Health & Road Safety
    A bike lane in NYC
    • Cities
    • biking
    • public transit
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    December 8, 2021

    5 Priorities for Cities After COP26

    • COP26
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate Equity
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Health & Road Safety
    Busy road in Dhaka, Bangladesh during heavy rainfall
    • COP26
    • Cities
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate Equity
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Update
    July 7, 2021

    RELEASE: ‘Cities Race to Resilience’ Campaign Launched to Mobilize Action Ahead of COP26

    • urban water resilience
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    People on a boat and a person wading through a river
    • urban water resilience
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    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
    Cities
    Update
    January 21, 2021

    ADVISORY: New Global Program ‘1000 Cities Adapt Now’ at Climate Adaptation Summit 2021

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • Climate Resilience
    Join the Climate Adaptation Summit poster
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • Climate Resilience
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    November 17, 2020

    Dockless Bike Sharing Can Create Healthy, Resilient Urban Mobility

    • biking
    • coronavirus
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    People riding bikes on a sidewalk in Beijing.
    • biking
    • coronavirus
    • Urban Mobility
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Climate
    Initiatives
    April 15, 2020

    Coronavirus Recovery

    <h2>WRI Statement in Response to COVID-19</h2><p>Statement from Dr. Andrew Steer, CEO and President of World Resources Institute, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
    Insights
    January 11, 2019

    7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    California wildfire
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Business
    • biking
    • circular economy
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    October 29, 2018

    Curbing Climate Change and Preventing Deaths from Air Pollution Go Hand-in-Hand

    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    China air pollution
    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    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
    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
    North America
    Insights
    May 18, 2017

    Trump’s Budget Blueprint Goes Backwards on Urgent Infrastructure Needs

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Train on bridge
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety

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