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    Energy drought Ocean Urban Development
    Ocean
    Insights
    February 23, 2024

    What We Know About Deep-sea Mining — And What We Don’t

    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • Clean Energy
    A large ship used to test deep-sea mining methods on the open ocean.
    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • Clean Energy
    Cities
    Update
    December 20, 2021

    Celebrating the Coalition for Urban Transitions

    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    • Climate Resilience
    • Energy
    • Climate
    Aerial view of Nahargarh Fort in Jaipur, India
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Mobility
    • Climate Resilience
    • Energy
    • Climate
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 4, 2021

    Systems Change Lab

    Person in crowd holding sign that reads "SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE" with Earth image on cardboard sign.
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    October 10, 2019

    More Water Shortages Mean Energy Investors Need New Ways to Manage Drought Risk

    • Water Security
    • fossil fuels
    • drought
    • Energy
    • Finance
    A thermal power plant in Rajasthan. Flickr/vedantlath
    • Water Security
    • fossil fuels
    • drought
    • Energy
    • Finance
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    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
    Energy
    Insights
    September 7, 2017

    Powering Cities in the Global South: How Energy Access for All Benefits the Economy and the Environment

    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • renewable energy
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Insights
    October 24, 2016

    Taming Bigfoot to Safeguard the Global Commons

    • Food
    • Cities
    • Economics
    • Energy
    • Urban Development
    Cloud Gate in Chicago
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Economics
    • Energy
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    News
    October 20, 2016

    STATEMENT: WRI Welcomes the Adoption of the New Urban Agenda

    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    News
    October 14, 2016

    RELEASE: Cities Need to Focus on Equitable Access to Core Services to Achieve Economic Prosperity and Environmental Sustainability

    • land use
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • poverty
    • Urban Development
    • wastewater
    • Freshwater
    • world resources report
    • land use
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • poverty
    • Urban Development
    • wastewater
    • Freshwater
    • world resources report
    Energy
    Insights
    June 30, 2016

    In Cities’ War Against Climate Change, Heating and Cooling, Transport Are Key Battlegrounds

    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • electric grid
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    Rooftop solar in Shanghai
    • Cities
    • Buildings
    • electric grid
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    May 5, 2015

    3 Steps to Build a Greener, Climate-Resilient India

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • natural infrastructure
    • natural resources
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    Hyderabad, India. Photo by Kara Newhouse, Flickr
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • natural infrastructure
    • natural resources
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    Asia
    Insights
    December 4, 2014

    Energy-gulping Desalination Can’t Solve China’s Water Crisis Alone

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • Cities
    • water risk
    Tianjin is home to the Beijiang and Dagang desalination plants, which together are expected to account for a third of China’s 1.5-2 million-ton capacity by 2015. (Tianjin, China) Photo by Sam Gao/Flickr.
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • Cities
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    September 15, 2014

    The UN Climate Summit: What's in it for Cities?

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • public transit
    • Climate Resilience
    • Air Quality
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    Cities contribute 70 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, despite accounting for only 2 percent of land use. The UN Climate Summit places cities high on the agenda for creating a sustainable, low-carbon future. Photo by ruimc77/Flickr.
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • public transit
    • Climate Resilience
    • Air Quality
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Urban Development

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