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What Is 'Loss and Damage' from Climate Change? 8 Key Questions, Answered

  • climate impacts
  • climate policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • COP29
Rising water levels submerging a house as heavy monsoon rains cause major floods in Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines on July 23, 2021.
  • climate impacts
  • climate policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • COP29
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Greening the Jukskei River: Scaling Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience in Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Climate Resilience
A group of people removes trash from a river.
  • Cities
  • urban water resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Climate Resilience

A Community Program Is Transforming New York Schoolyards into Climate-Resilient Spaces

  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Development
Children enjoy the vibrant new playground in the recently redesigned green schoolyard at P.S. 38K in New York, where fresh equipment and engaging spaces foster creativity and play.
  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Development

Empowering Residents Helped Buenos Aires Transform Rodrigo Bueno Into a Climate-Resilient Community

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Climate Resilience
  • housing
  • Urban Transformations
People wait at a bus top with trees and apartment buildings in the background.
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Climate Resilience
  • housing
  • Urban Transformations
Initiatives
Ocupação Novo Alvorada- região leste de Belo Horizonte / MG

Tragic Flooding in Brazil; a Wake-Up Call for the World

  • floods
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation
floods in Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • floods
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation
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Understanding the Paris Agreement's 'Global Goal on Adaptation'

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
  • adaptation
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP29
A group of people work to repair a low mud wall which helps control flooding.
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
  • adaptation
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP29
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Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next

  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP29
  • NDC
Closing of COP28 climate summit in Dubai
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP29
  • NDC
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What Exactly Are 'Nature-based Solutions'?

  • nature-based solutions
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • biodiversity
  • natural infrastructure
  • COP16
A woman reaches up to tend to a tree she's planted.
  • nature-based solutions
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • biodiversity
  • natural infrastructure
  • COP16

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
  • data visualization
Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
  • climate science
  • COP28
  • data visualization
Technical Perspectives

How Community-Led Funding Can Unleash the Potential of the Loss and Damage Fund

  • climate finance
  • adaptation finance
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate Resilience
A man holding a round tub of belongings stands in flood waters surrounded by shacks..
  • climate finance
  • adaptation finance
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate Resilience
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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

Profiles of Adaptation: Fiji

  • adaptation
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Equity & Governance
Josaia Cakacaka/Unsplash
  • adaptation
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Equity & Governance