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Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas

  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • mapping
  • Aqueduct
  • Business
Screenshot of the Aqueduct Risk Atlas
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • mapping
  • Aqueduct
  • Business

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
Insights

Drop by Drop, Better Management Makes Dents in China’s Water Stress

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • water risk
Yellow River, China
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • water risk

It's Not Just Cape Town: 4 Shrinking Reservoirs to Watch

  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Al Massira dam, Morocco
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Insights

3 Things Cities Can Learn from Cape Town’s Impending “Day Zero” Water Shut-Off

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • mapping
  • natural infrastructure
  • water risk
Cape Town, South Africa
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • mapping
  • natural infrastructure
  • water risk
Insights

The Apparel Industry’s Environmental Impact in 6 Graphics

  • climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • Freshwater
Various piles of clothing strewn across a factory floor with two people sorting through the piles.
  • climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • Freshwater
Insights

What Does Water Have to Do with National Security?

  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • U.S. policy
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
People loading truck
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • U.S. policy
  • Freshwater
  • water risk

Guacamole Coasts: Not Just Florida, Not Just Now

  • water pollution
  • mapping
  • pollution
  • wastewater
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
  • water pollution
  • mapping
  • pollution
  • wastewater
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Insights

Beyond Conflict, Water Stress Contributed to Europe’s Migration Crisis

  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • water risk
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  • Climate Resilience
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • mapping
  • water risk

Protect Wildlife, Save Oceans and Reduce Civic Unrest—With Data

  • Ocean
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • data
  • environmental democracy
  • low carbon development
Global Fishing Watch uses satellite data to track fishing vessels around the world in near-real time. Image by Global Fishing Watch
  • Ocean
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • data
  • environmental democracy
  • low carbon development

NASA Satellite Data Help Show Where Groundwater Is – And Where It Isn’t

  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • mapping
  • water risk
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  • Aqueduct
  • Freshwater
  • mapping
  • water risk
Insights

A Global Tour of 7 Recent Droughts

  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • mapping
  • water risk
Several extreme droughts have occurred globally in the past decade. Photo by Negeso Muso/Flickr
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • mapping
  • water risk
Insights

Sustainable Development Goals Could Be a Game-Changer for Water

  • Aqueduct
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
A man fills water bottles in Sanaía, Yemen Photo by Foad Al Harazi / World Bank
  • Aqueduct
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • water risk

6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • stories to watch
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
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • stories to watch
Insights

World’s 18 Most Water-Stressed Rivers

  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • rivers
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Glen Canyon Dam in the Colorado River Basin. Photo credit: James Marvin Phelps
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • rivers
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Insights

WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • water risk
WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • water risk
Insights

India’s Watershed Development Boosts Food Security, Improves Livelihoods

  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • water risk
India has long-battled its water scarcity issues throughout an approach called watershed development. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • water risk
Data

Aqueduct Country and River Basin Rankings [Map]

  • Business
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • rivers
  • mapping
  • Business
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • rivers
  • mapping
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Living within Earth's “Planetary Boundaries”

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
"The Human Quest" pairs stunning photography with hard-hitting science. Photo credit: Mattias Klum, The Human Quest
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
Insights

Conflicting Reporting Systems May Hinder Companies' Water Risk Strategies

  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • data
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
A tugboat pushes barges on the Mississippi River. Photo credit: Tom Gill, Flickr
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • data
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset