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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

Biden’s Budget Request: Does It Make Good on Climate Finance Pledges?

  • climate finance
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
National mall in Washington, D.C.
  • climate finance
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy

To Build Back from COVID-19, Don’t Overlook Informal Workers

  • coronavirus
  • climate finance
  • climate impacts
  • poverty
Tamil Nadu street vendor
  • coronavirus
  • climate finance
  • climate impacts
  • poverty

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
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.

US 2018 Budget and Climate Finance: It's Bad, but Not As Bad As You Might Think

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Finance
  • U.S. policy
  • climate finance
U.S. Capitol, where Congress' budget presents some complications for climate finance.
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Finance
  • U.S. policy
  • climate finance

How the United States Can Remain Engaged in International Climate Finance

  • U.S. Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
Climate March in Washington DC, April 29, 2017
  • U.S. Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund

At G20 Finance Ministerial, US Makes an Unforced Error on Climate

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • adaptation finance
  • U.S. policy
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
Rooftop Solar Panel array
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • adaptation finance
  • U.S. policy
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund

3 Climate and Energy Issues to Watch During the Modi-Obama State Visit

  • Climate
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
Barack Obama and Narendra Modi
  • Climate
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy

How Uruguay Became a Wind Power Powerhouse

  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
Sierra de los Caracoles wind farm in Uruguay.
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy

3 Promising Pathways to Finance Sustainable Cities

  • Cities
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • COP20
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Paris Agreement
  • transportation
Leaders at COP20 can explore a range of sources for financing low-carbon urban development including multilateral investment banks, private investors, and innovative initatives like the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions or climate-themed bonds. (Mexico City, Mexico) Photo by Boris G/Flickr.
  • Cities
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • COP20
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Paris Agreement
  • transportation

Seeing U.S. Business Opportunity in a Low-Carbon Economy

  • Business
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
A growing body of evidence indicates we don’t have to choose between improving economic performance and reducing climate risk  Photo credit: CGP Grey/Flickr
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
Insights

Why Is China Investing So Much in U.S. Solar and Wind?

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

How Much Did the United States Contribute to International Fast-Start Finance?

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • international climate policy