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What Is Kelp and Why Is it Vital to People and the Planet?

  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
Fish feed on a kelp forest in the ocean
  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
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5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights
A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • nature-based solutions
  • poverty
  • human rights
Initiatives

Systems Change Lab

Person in crowd holding sign that reads "SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE" with Earth image on cardboard sign.
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Securing a Sustainable Water Future in an Ever-Drier World

  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Economics
  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Economics
Data

Achieving Abundance: Understanding the Cost of a Sustainable Water Future Data

  • Economics
  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Economics
  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
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It Could Only Cost 1% of GDP to Solve Global Water Crises

  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Water scarcity in Ethiopia
  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Insights

This Month in Climate Science, December 2019: Pre-term Births, Fewer Fishermen and Accelerated Arctic Melt

  • this month in climate science
  • climate science
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • health
  • Ocean
  • Freshwater
Two fishermen offloading lobster from their boat onto a floating dock in Maine.
  • this month in climate science
  • climate science
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • health
  • Ocean
  • Freshwater
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We Predicted Where Violent Conflicts Will Occur in 2020. Water Is Often a Factor

  • Water Security
  • human rights
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Mali water
  • Water Security
  • human rights
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
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We're Grossly Underestimating the World's Water Access Crisis

  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • development
  • Freshwater
We are far from universal water access.
  • Cities
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • development
  • Freshwater
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PODCAST: How Chennai's Water Got to Day Zero

  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • Cities
The waterfront in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • Cities

127 Countries Now Regulate Plastic Bags. Why Aren't We Seeing Less Pollution?

  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Ocean
  • pollution
  • Freshwater
plastic bag pollution
  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Ocean
  • pollution
  • Freshwater

STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

  • Air Quality
  • Water Security
  • fires
  • climate science
  • natural infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • health
  • climate impacts
  • water pollution
  • pollution
  • sea level rise
  • Ocean
  • Air Quality
  • Water Security
  • fires
  • climate science
  • natural infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • health
  • climate impacts
  • water pollution
  • pollution
  • sea level rise
  • Ocean
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UN Security Council Examines the Connection Between Water Risk and Political Conflict

  • Aqueduct
  • human rights
  • United Nations
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
SDF fighters in central Raqqa
  • Aqueduct
  • human rights
  • United Nations
  • Freshwater
  • water risk

Women Are the Secret Weapon for Better Water Management

  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • Gender
  • water risk
  • Freshwater
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • Gender
  • water risk
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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
Videos

Careers at WRI

  • Forests
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
  • Business
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
  • Business
  • Equity & Governance