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    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
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    August 1, 2014

    Why Community Land Rights Belong in the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Equity & Governance
    • International Climate Action
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    The proposed Sustainable Development Goals leave out a critical component of improving rural livelihoods—securing community land rights. Photo credit: Jane Boles, Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • International Climate Action
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    June 19, 2014

    Post-Fukushima Climate Action: How Japan Can Achieve Greater Emissions Reductions

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    Fukushima, Japan. In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Japanese government replaced the Copenhagen Pledge with the Warsaw Target, which calls for a 3.8 percent reduction from 2005 levels by 2020. Photo Credit: likeablerodent/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    May 27, 2014

    Lessons from South Africa: Mobilizing Investment in Renewable Energy

    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    When it comes to renewable energy, South Africa has considerable, unrealized potential. Some estimate that wind power generation potential in South Africa could reach 80.54 TWh, which could be realized with an installed capacity of 30.6 GW. Photo credit: Lollie-Pop/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    May 21, 2014

    Three Reasons Investors Are Beginning to Take Sustainability Seriously

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • commodities
    Palm oil plantation workers in Sumatra, Indonesia. Wilmar, a leading Asian agribusiness group, which trades more than 45 percent of the global palm oil supply, is committed to a deforestation-free supply chain. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • commodities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    May 16, 2014

    Green Climate Fund Board Looks to Accreditation Process: Can it Strike the Right Balance?

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • low carbon development
    One of the most difficult questions that the GCF Board will grapple with is how entities will become “accredited” to receive GCF funds to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change. Photo credit: World Bank/Flickr
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    3 Tales of Hope for a Low-Carbon Future

    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    At last week's "Ascent" meeting in Abu Dhabi, clubs of countries and companies committed to double the share of renewable energy and the pace of energy efficiency gains. Photo credit: CoCreatr, Flickr
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    Climate
    Insights
    May 2, 2014

    A Renewables Club to Change the World

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    The Renewables Club was established by Germany and nine other countries last year. Photo credit: Gunnar Ries, Flickr
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 25, 2014

    New Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles Are a “Win-Win-Win”

    • Energy
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    Heavy-duty vehicles, like buses, make up 20 percent of total U.S. transport emissions. Photo credit: Kathy Doucette, Flickr 2008
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    February 18, 2014

    Lessons from the C40 Mayors Summit: Scaling Up Solutions for Resilient, Livable Cities

    • Cities
    • Climate
    • transportation
    Cape Town has a robust transport demand management (TDM) strategy that includes promoting higher vehicle occupancies. Photo Credit: Warren Rohner, Flickr 2012
    • Cities
    • Climate
    • transportation
    Climate
    Insights
    February 14, 2014

    4 Ways the Green Climate Fund Can Make Its Investments Count

    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • low carbon development
    The Green Climate Fund aspires to become the main, global fund for providing climate change finance, contributing to activities like the expansion of renewable power. Photo credit: Solar Electric Light Fund, Flickr
    • Finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    February 4, 2014

    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
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Insights
    February 3, 2014

    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
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    January 22, 2014

    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
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • fossil fuels
    • deforestation
    • Air Quality
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    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
    Climate
    Insights
    January 3, 2014

    Forest Fires, Water Security, and China’s Sustainability Challenges: WRI’s 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    New analysis reveals that 37 countries face extremely high levels of water stress, including Qatar (shown here). Photo credit: Neil Palmer/ CIAT
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    Climate
    Africa Asia Europe Latin America North America
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    December 23, 2013

    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
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

    • Energy
    • 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
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 19, 2013

    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
    • water risk
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    December 13, 2013

    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

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