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3 Ways China Can Improve Climate-resilient Infrastructure Investment

  • infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation finance
  • Economics
High speed train and natural wetland in China.
  • infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation finance
  • Economics
Insights

Nigeria Moves Toward a Sustainable COVID-19 Recovery

  • Climate
  • Economics
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • Gender
A sprawling city underneath a cloudy sky.
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • Climate Resilience
  • coronavirus
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • Gender
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: Funding Climate Goals: 3 Lessons from Fiji

  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Economics
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Ocean
A fisherman on the beach in Fiji, handling his fishing net.
  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Economics
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Ocean
Insights

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
Insights

PODCAST: Seeing the Ocean as a Solution, Not a Victim

  • Climate Resilience
  • podcasts
  • Economics
  • Ocean
A cluster of coral in the ocean.
  • Climate Resilience
  • podcasts
  • Economics
  • Ocean

Designing the COVID-19 Recovery for a Safer and More Resilient World

  • coronavirus
  • Economics
  • Climate Resilience
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  • coronavirus
  • Economics
  • Climate Resilience
Insights

After COVID-19, 5 Ways India Can Pursue a Sustainable and Resilient Recovery

  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • Economics
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Person riding motorcycle in India during coronavirus pandemic
  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • Economics
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Initiatives

Coronavirus Recovery

<h2>WRI Statement in Response to COVID-19</h2><p>Statement from Dr. Andrew Steer, CEO and President of World Resources Institute, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>

4 Things to Know About the Global Adaptation Challenge

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • Sustainable Development Goal 1
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • climate change
Cyclone Idai response in Mozambique
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • Sustainable Development Goal 1
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • climate change
Initiatives

New Climate Economy

Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
Insights

Planes, Trains and (Big) Automobiles: How Heavy Transport Can Reduce Emissions and Save Money

  • Business
  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • Urban Mobility
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
A fuel-efficient airplane takes off during NASA's Green Flight competition.
  • Business
  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • Urban Mobility
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
Insights

Green Growth for the Commonwealth: Ready for Phase Three

  • Climate Resilience
  • Economics
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation
Bicycle rickshaws in Mumbai, India
  • Climate Resilience
  • Economics
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • transportation

How Do You Know if Adaptation Is Working? Lessons from Kumbharwadi, India

  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • Freshwater
Field in Trimbak, Maharashtra, India
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • Freshwater

Transformational Shifts to Protect Global Commons

  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • COP22
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
Beach in Florida
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • COP22
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
Insights

Can Clean Distributed Energy Solutions Close Africa’s Access Gap?

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Economics
  • development
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
Solar speciality shop in Gulu, Uganda. Photo by James Anderson/Flickr.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Economics
  • development
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
Insights

By the Numbers: Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the Lower Mekong Basin

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • Economics
The Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) spans Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, and supports **60 million people**. The region is also widely recognized as highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Photo credit: William Cho, Flickr
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • Economics
Insights

International Development Finance Club Commits $89 Billion to Climate Finance in 2013

  • Climate
  • Economics
  • development
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
The IDFC can direct more finance to adaptation. Photo by University College London/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • development
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
Insights

How Can We Pay for Green Growth? New Report Provides Answers

  • Climate
  • Business
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • low carbon development
  • Economics
  • Climate
  • Business
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • low carbon development
  • Economics