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What the World Really Needs to Adapt to Climate Change

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • COP27
  • adaptation finance
  • climate change
  • COP28
Women transplanting rice in flooded paddy field.
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • COP27
  • adaptation finance
  • climate change
  • COP28

Funding for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition Already Exists

  • Clean Energy
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
Wind turbine at dusk, Columbia Gorge, Wasco, Oregon, USA
  • Clean Energy
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
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Is Climate Finance Supporting Frontline Communities? Most Governments Don’t Know

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • climate impacts
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • COP26
People farming crops in the Moruese village
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • climate impacts
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • COP26

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
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7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Business
  • biking
  • circular economy
  • stories to watch
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Health & Road Safety
California wildfire
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Business
  • biking
  • circular economy
  • stories to watch
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • deforestation
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • Health & Road Safety
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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
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The IMF and Climate Change: Three Things Christine Lagarde Can Do to Cement Her Legacy on Climate

  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
Christine Lagarde, head of IMF.
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
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The Climate Finance Architecture the World Needs

  • climate finance
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate investment funds
  • Green Climate Fund
  • international climate policy
Paris Climate Change Conference - November 2015
  • climate finance
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate investment funds
  • Green Climate Fund
  • international climate policy
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6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2017

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • stories to watch
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • food security
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Andrew Steer
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • stories to watch
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • food security
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

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
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Climate Adaptation Gains Momentum, Both Politically and Practically

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Morro do Cantagalo
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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3 Key Questions for the Energy Industry Around a Global Climate Agreement

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Business
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
COP21 march in London
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Business
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
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5 Numbers: What the Paris Climate Talks Have Already Delivered

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Business
  • COP21
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
COP21
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Business
  • COP21
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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COP21: Heading into Week 2, Things Are Starting to Get Interesting

  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • climate finance
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • restoration
  • UNFCCC
Jane Goodall at AFR100 launch, Paris. Credit: Michael Oko
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • climate finance
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • restoration
  • UNFCCC
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6 Things to Look for on Finance at the Paris Climate Negotiations

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • UNFCCC
Harvesting season in Nyando climate-smart villages
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • UNFCCC
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Before Paris, Bonn: What Needs to Happen at Prelude to COP21

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • climate policy
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • UNFCCC
  • COP21
Photo by Matthias Zepper/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • climate policy
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • UNFCCC
  • COP21

STATEMENT: WRI’s Andrew Steer Welcomes France’s Climate Finance Commitment

  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • international climate policy
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • international climate policy
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Jump-starting Clean Energy Access for the World

  • Energy
  • Finance
  • development
  • climate finance
  • international climate policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
Solar home systems in Bangladesh. Photo by ILO/Flickr/
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • development
  • climate finance
  • international climate policy
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
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Major Financial Players Join Forces to Scale up Climate Finance

  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Installing solar panels in Tanzania. Photo by Solar Electric Light Fund/Flickr
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Globalizing Sustainable Development

  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • Food
  • poverty
  • health
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
Today’s challenges go beyond health, food, and education. Photo by Gates Foundation/Flickr
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • Food
  • poverty
  • health
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals