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Amidst California’s Drought, an Opportunity for Action

  • climate change
  • drought
  • climate impacts
The majority of California is currently blanketed in "extreme drought." Photo credit: Amber Tsuchida, Flickr
  • climate change
  • drought
  • climate impacts
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A Climate Change Reality Check

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • GHG emissions
The Arctic currently has less than one-third of the multi-year ice that it had in 1980. | Photo Credit: Stephan Cook, Flickr 2009
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • GHG emissions
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Sustainable Cities: From a Vision to Reality

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
WRI is working in Qingdao, China to develop a "sustainability blueprint." Photo credit: Li Chao, Wikimedia Commons
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  • Cities
  • low carbon development
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New Global Campaign Aims to Deliver Sustainable Transport to World's Cities

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Passengers disembark from a train in Tianjin, China. A new global campaign is seeking to better integrate sustainable mobility solutions like mass transport into policy discussions on development and climate change. Photo credit: Yang Aijun/World Bank/Flickr.
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety

After State of the Union Address, U.S. Should Pursue Ambitious Power Plant Emissions Standards

  • Energy
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
Power plants account for one-third of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Photo credit: Mike, Flickr
  • Energy
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
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Signs of Progress at World Economic Forum’s Climate Day

  • Business
  • climate change
  • Economics
For the first time, the World Economic Forum hosted an official "Climate Day." Photo credit: Andy Mettler, World Economic Forum
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Economics
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Emissions Trading in China: First Reports from the Field

  • Freshwater
  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • climate change
  • Energy
View from Tianjin Tower | Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
  • Freshwater
  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • climate change
  • Energy
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7 Stories to Watch in 2014

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • U.S. policy
As host of the 2014 World Cup, all eyes will be on Brazil's cities to see how they deal with their sustainability challenges and opportunities. Photo credit: Crystal Davis, WRI
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  • Forests
  • Cities
  • fossil fuels
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Timeline of 2013: A Year of Extreme Weather Events

  • climate change
  • extreme weather
Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest tropical cyclone on record to make landfall, resulted in more than 6,000 deaths in the Philippines. Photo credit: Arlynn Aquino, EU/ECHO
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
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Multinationals Need to Take Notice and Take Action on Water Risk Data

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • rivers
  • water risk
Brazil has 12% of the world's freshwater resources, but its industries, farms, and communities are concentrated along the coasts, unable to access much of the country's plentiful resources. Photo credit: Flickr/John Wiseman
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • rivers
  • water risk
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5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk
New research shows that the world loses 50 soccer fields' of forest every minute of every day. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk

5 Big Energy Stories of 2013

  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
President Barack Obama at the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
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WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

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  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • water risk
WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
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  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • climate change
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  • transportation
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India’s Watershed Development Boosts Food Security, Improves Livelihoods

  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • water risk
India has long-battled its water scarcity issues throughout an approach called watershed development. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
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  • climate change

7 Ways to Attract and Use Climate Finance for Transport

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • transportation
A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Curitiba, Brazil. Photo credit: whl.travel
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • transportation

4 Cities Show Leadership in Adapting to Local Climate Impacts

  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • sea level rise
Hoboken, N.J. experienced widespread flooding from Hurricane Sandy. Photo credit: Alec C. Perkins, Flickr
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • sea level rise
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Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: Key Players in Climate Adaptation

  • Business
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • climate finance
A solar installation in Kirambo, Rwanda. Photo credit: SolarEnima, Flickr
  • Business
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • climate finance