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Research

Better Forests, Better Cities

Cityscape behind lush forest.
Initiatives

AgriAdapt 

Monitoring crops.
Technical Perspectives
A power plant on a sea shore with smoke emerging from the towers.
  • climate change
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Insights

How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

  • water risk
  • renewable energy
  • power plants
  • drought
  • floods
  • Aqueduct
Power plant in dry land
  • water risk
  • renewable energy
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A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

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  • 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
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  • low carbon development
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Data

47% of World's Thermal Power Capacity is in Highly Water-Stressed Areas

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  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Initiatives

Power Explorer

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Insights

Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

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Woman drawing water from the Ciujung river
  • Equity & Governance
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Videos

Careers at WRI

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  • Forests
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  • Ocean
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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
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • Water Quality
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Insights

In Order to Solve Pollution, We Must First Solve Governance Challenges

  • Environmental Rights
  • Equity & Governance
  • environmental democracy
  • Air Quality
  • pollution
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Air pollution in China's Shaanxi Province. Photo by Gilad Rom/Flickr
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  • environmental democracy
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  • pollution
  • Freshwater
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Insights

Forest Fires, Water Security, and China’s Sustainability Challenges: WRI’s 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013

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  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
New analysis reveals that 37 countries face extremely high levels of water stress, including Qatar (shown here). Photo credit: Neil Palmer/ CIAT
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  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
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Insights

5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

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  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk
New research shows that the world loses 50 soccer fields' of forest every minute of every day. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset