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    June 2, 2014

    Lessons from Mexico: Mobilizing Investment in Wind Power

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Thanks to government-led programs supported by international partners, Mexico installed 1240 MW of wind generation capacity by 2012. Photo credit: neusbordas/Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • 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 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
    April 10, 2014

    Q&A with Dr. Karin Kemper: How Is the World Bank Addressing Climate Change?

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • international climate policy
    • multilateral development banks
    Dr. Kemper shared plans to more fully incorporate sustainability—including climate change mitigation and adaptation—into its international development agenda. Photo credit: Dhilung Kirat, Flickr 2008
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • international climate policy
    • multilateral development banks
    Finance
    Insights
    April 2, 2014

    Injecting Urgency into the World Bank's Climate Change Efforts

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • multilateral development banks
    • Plans for the Metro Colombo Urban Development project in Colombo, Sri Lanka, acknowledge that the metro area is highly vulnerable to flooding. Photo credit: Travlr, Flickr 2006
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • multilateral development banks
    Finance
    Research
    April 2, 2014

    Designed for the Future?

    Finance
    Asia Africa Latin America North America
    News
    April 1, 2014

    ADVISORY: Can the World Bank Meet Sustainability and Governance Challenges?

    • multilateral development banks
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    Finance
    Insights
    January 16, 2014

    5 Opportunities for 21st-Century Transport

    • Cities
    • Business
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    A pedestrian walkway in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photo credit: EMBARQ
    • Cities
    • Business
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    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
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    New research shows that the world loses 50 soccer fields' of forest every minute of every day. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    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
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    November 7, 2013

    5 Issues to Watch at COP 19, the “Construction COP”

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Addressing the needs of communities harmed by climate impacts that are difficult or impossible to adapt to--known as "loss and damage"--is one of the key issues up for discussion at COP 19 in Warsaw. Photo credit: International Rice Research Institute, Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2013

    U.S. Signals the End of Public Money for Coal-Fired Power

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • multilateral development banks
    U.S. public financing for overseas coal-fired power is likely coming to an end. Photo credit: Mike_tn, Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • multilateral development banks
    Energy
    Insights
    October 4, 2013

    IMF Experts and Others Envision a World without Energy Subsidies

    • Energy
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    When factoring in externalities, fossil fuel subsidies ring in at $2 trillion per year. Photo credit: Steven Straiton, Flickr
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    Insights
    September 13, 2013

    3 Important Messages from this Week’s UNFCCC Workshop on Scaling Up Climate Finance

    • development
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Developing countries need climate finance to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts. Photo credit: Solar Electric Light Fund, Flickr
    • development
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    News
    July 17, 2013

    STATEMENT: World Bank: Promote Clean Energy Sources to End Energy Poverty

    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • development
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • poverty
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • development
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • poverty
    Finance
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    July 12, 2013

    Helping Clean Energy Entrepreneurs Turn on the Lights in Poor Countries

    • Energy
    • Business
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • Energy
    • Business
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    July 3, 2013

    A Look at China's New Environmental Guidelines on Overseas Investments

    • Climate
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • multilateral development banks
    • low carbon development
    • Climate
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • multilateral development banks
    • low carbon development
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    June 26, 2013

    Lessons from Indonesia: Mobilizing Investment in Geothermal Energy

    • Energy
    • Business
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • Energy
    • Business
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy

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