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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
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
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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
Closing of COP28 climate summit in Dubai
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned
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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

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
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Benchmarks for Success for COP28

  • COP28
  • United Nations
  • UNFCCC
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned
Solar-powered water pump on a Malawi farm
  • COP28
  • United Nations
  • UNFCCC
  • Paris Agreement
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • international climate policy
  • climatewatch-pinned
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
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  • adaptation
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Equity & Governance
Outcomes

Kochi, India Adopts Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience

  • Top Outcome: 2022
  • nature-based solutions
  • Climate Resilience
Planting trees in Kochi, India
  • Top Outcome: 2022
  • nature-based solutions
  • Climate Resilience
Outcomes

China Elevates Climate Adaptation on National Agenda

  • Top Outcome: 2022
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation finance
Trees on barren mountains in China’s Hebei province
  • Top Outcome: 2022
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation finance

Profiles of Adaptation: Somalia

  • adaptation
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Equity & Governance
People and cars crowd the streets of Hargeisa
  • adaptation
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Equity & Governance
News

STATEMENT: UN Water Conference Delivers Some Game-Changing Commitments, Yet Far More Action and Finance Needed to Address Global Water Crisis

  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • urban water resilience
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
  • Freshwater
  • Water Security
  • urban water resilience
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Cities
  • Urban Development
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3 Questions on Loss and Damage Funding to Tackle Before COP28

  • climate finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation
  • COP27
  • COP28
Two villagers in Mozambique push a bicycle through a flooded street.
  • climate finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation
  • COP27
  • COP28
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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
Technical Perspectives

The Current State of Play on Financing Loss and Damage

  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
Flooding in Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28

Profiles of Adaptation: Uruguay

  • Climate
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
People walk along the beach at Atlántida Departamento de Canelones, Uruguay
  • Climate
  • adaptation
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change