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Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task?

  • Climate
  • Finance
  • adaptation finance
  • development
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
Setting up a solar-powered water pump to pump groundwater in Ethiopia.
  • Climate
  • Finance
  • adaptation finance
  • development
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
Research

State of Climate Action 2023

Wind turbines on grassy field at golden hour.
News

STATEMENT: UN’s Global Stocktake Report Offers a Damning Report Card for Global Climate Effort

  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
  • adaptation
  • Integrated Transport
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Energy
  • International Climate Action
  • COP28
  • adaptation
  • Integrated Transport
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Energy
Insights

4 Priorities for Financing Early Coal Retirement in Developing Countries

  • Finance
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Climate Equity
A large coal power plant in the middle of a dense city.
  • Finance
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Climate Equity
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What to Watch at the First Africa Climate Summit

  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • COP28
Rooftop solar panels in Kenya
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • COP28
Technical Perspectives

How Multilateral Development Banks Can Use Policy-Based Financing to Support Climate-Resilient Economies

  • multilateral development banks
  • Climate
  • low carbon development
Women scoop up dirty water from a polluted lake in Chad.
  • multilateral development banks
  • Climate
  • low carbon development

4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
Insights

How to De-risk Low-carbon Investments

  • low carbon development
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Green Climate Fund
  • climate finance
Two men clean solar panels in Kenya
  • low carbon development
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Green Climate Fund
  • climate finance
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Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • coronavirus
  • electric grid
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
  • health
  • renewable energy
A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • coronavirus
  • electric grid
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
  • health
  • renewable energy

A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
Insights

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
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.