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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
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate finance
  • Finance

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

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

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

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
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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
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset