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A Green Recovery Starts with Cities

  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • infrastructure
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • infrastructure
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • natural infrastructure
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3 Climate-Resilient Food Solutions for Smallholder Farmers

  • Food
  • Climate Resilience
  • development
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • food security
Two people plowing a field.
  • Food
  • Climate Resilience
  • development
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • food security
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Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
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A Low-Carbon Recovery Can Create Jobs and Boost Indonesia’s Economy

  • Climate
  • coronavirus
  • fossil fuels
  • Economics
  • development
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • low carbon development
  • commodities
  • renewable energy
Aerial view of people and goods in a busy Jakarta street market. Photo by Henry Sudarman/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • coronavirus
  • fossil fuels
  • Economics
  • development
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • low carbon development
  • commodities
  • renewable energy
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Climate Change Is Hurting Africa’s Water Sector, but Investing in Water Can Pay Off

  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • water risk
Improving water management in African countries can improve climate resilience. Here, Waretu Abera, Head of Ethiopia's Water Land Resource Centre, stands by a stream. Photo by Panos Pictures/Food and Land Use Coalition.
  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • water risk
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Growing Momentum for Just Transition: 5 Success Stories and New Commitments to Tackle Inequality Through Climate Action

  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • Climate Equity
  • development
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
An indigenous community meeting in Peru.
  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • Climate Equity
  • development
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
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How Does a Flood-prone City Run Out of Water? Inside Chennai’s “Day Zero” Crisis

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • Water Security
  • Urban Development
  • water risk
Chennai
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • Water Security
  • Urban Development
  • water risk

Stronger Than the Storm: 3 Lessons for Building Climate Resilience in Poor Urban Communities

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • climate impacts
Landslide in Rio de Janeiro
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • climate impacts
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Water Stress Threatens Nearly Half the World’s Thermal Power Plant Capacity

  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
Kolubara A thermal power plant in Serbia.
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
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Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • stories to watch
  • Air Quality
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
  • pollution
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • Ocean
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Aqueduct
  • stories to watch
  • Air Quality
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
  • pollution
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
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How Can Countries Make Progress at COP23? Work with Cities

  • COP23
  • National Climate Action
Bonn, Germany
  • COP23
  • National Climate Action

Habitat III: Milestone for the World’s Cities or Business as Usual?

  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Paris Agreement
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
Quito and clouds
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Paris Agreement
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
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World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City - Framing Opportunities and Challenges

  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate
  • Equity & Governance
  • Urban Development
Kite seller in Surat
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Climate
  • Equity & Governance
  • Urban Development
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As Clouds Head for the Poles, Time to Prepare for Food and Water Shocks

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Energy Access
  • industry
  • water risk
  • extreme weather
Lake Michigan sunrise
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Energy Access
  • industry
  • water risk
  • extreme weather
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Climate Adaptation Gains Momentum, Both Politically and Practically

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Morro do Cantagalo
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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How Dozens of Businesses, Cities and Other Non-State Initiatives Will Help Countries Deliver Their Climate Goals

  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • Business
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Wind turbines in California.
  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • Business
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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What Are the Environmental Costs of Valentine’s Day Flowers?

  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • pollution
  • water risk
Roses bought for Valentine's Day.
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • pollution
  • water risk
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Transforming Our Cities into the Cities We Need

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
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After COP21, Time to Use Sustainable Transport to Make Good on Climate Commitments

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • public transit
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • transportation
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • public transit
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • transportation
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Through Compact of Mayors, 360 Cities Will Cut Their Emissions 17% by 2030

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • climate impacts
Rio de Janeiro
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • climate impacts
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset