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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
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5 Keys to a Climate-resilient Recovery After COVID-19

  • Climate
  • adaptation finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Water Security
  • food security
  • climate impacts
A farmer standing in a flooded field.
  • Climate
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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
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Two fishermen offloading lobster from their boat onto a floating dock in Maine.
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We Predicted Where Violent Conflicts Will Occur in 2020. Water Is Often a Factor

  • Water Security
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Mali water
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UN Security Council Examines the Connection Between Water Risk and Political Conflict

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  • human rights
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SDF fighters in central Raqqa
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Why Climate Change is a Security Matter

  • Climate Resilience
  • circular economy
  • climate change
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Mopti riverfront
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Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

  • Equity & Governance
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  • Ocean
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  • Energy
  • Food
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  • Cities
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  • stories to watch
  • Air Quality
  • climate change
  • restoration
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  • fossil fuels
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Water Stress is Helping Drive Conflict and Migration

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  • drought
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sahel-food-crisis
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No Water, No Power

  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • climate change
  • water risk
Water stress looms over electricity generation. Flickr/Kristian Wiklund
  • Energy
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  • climate change
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How Do You Know if Adaptation Is Working? Lessons from Kumbharwadi, India

  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • Freshwater
Field in Trimbak, Maharashtra, India
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The Future of Fresh Water

  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • Freshwater
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Delaware Canal State Park
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Environmental Justice and Democracy Failures at the Heart of Flint’s Water Crisis

  • Equity & Governance
  • Freshwater
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Water plant in Flint, Mich.
  • Equity & Governance
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  • environmental democracy
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Sustainable Diets: What You Need to Know in 12 Charts

  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food
  • food security
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grocery store
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What Are the Environmental Costs of Valentine’s Day Flowers?

  • Forests
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  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • pollution
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Roses bought for Valentine's Day.
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The Clean Power Plan: What’s Water Got To Do With It?

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  • climate policy
  • Climate
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When it comes to water and fracturing, it’s all about location and time. Photo by Simon Fraser University/Flickr.
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Win-win: Reducing Water Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China’s Power Sector

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  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
China’s power sector is the nation’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and its biggest industrial water user. To meet increasing energy demand, the country may double its installed generation capacity by 2030. Photo by Asian Development Bank/Flickr.
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  • Climate
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6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

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  • Cities
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  • climate change
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Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
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So What Did We Learn in 2014?

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  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
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2014 shifted the needle toward a more sustainable future. Photo by David Drodge/The Pembina Institute
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  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
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WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2014

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  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
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  • Cities
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During "Raaghiri Days" in Indian cities, streets are closed to cars to encourage walking and biking. Photo by Carol Mitchell/Flickr
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More Rice, Less Methane

  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
Reducing flooding in rice paddies can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and can also help conserve water and boost yields. Photo by IRRI.
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions