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The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
  • climate science
  • COP28
Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Development
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
  • climate science
  • COP28
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As the Earth Gets Hotter, Can Our Cities Get Cooler?

  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
A line of tourists await the use of the fountain at the base of Rome’s Spanish Steps to cool off.
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • nature-based solutions
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Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience
Looking down at city buildings, some with green roofs and the street below.
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Mobility
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Climate Resilience
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3 Essentials for Integrated Urban Climate Action

  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • low carbon development
  • urban water resilience
  • Cities
Tram and buildings in Guadalajara.
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • low carbon development
  • urban water resilience
  • Cities
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5 Cities Show How to Thrive in Turbulent Times

  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Children playing in a neighborhood park in Barranquilla, Colombia.
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Mobility
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Urban Transformations
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
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How to De-risk Low-carbon Investments

  • low carbon development
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Green Climate Fund
  • climate finance
Two men clean solar panels in Kenya
  • low carbon development
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Green Climate Fund
  • climate finance
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Why the Green Climate Fund Should Give Developing Countries Greater Direct Access to Finance

  • Green Climate Fund
  • climate finance
  • Climate
  • COP26
  • Paying for Paris
Wetland restoration in Peru
  • Green Climate Fund
  • climate finance
  • Climate
  • COP26
  • Paying for Paris

4 Climate Finance Priorities for the Biden Administration

  • Climate
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • development
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • multilateral development banks
View of the White House and surrounding Washington, D.C. streets from above.
  • Climate
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • development
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • multilateral development banks
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In the Distance: Clean Air Post-COVID-19

  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
mexico-city-skyline
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate

2020 Budget Shows Progress on Climate Finance, But US Continues to Fall Behind Peers

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
Despite presidential rhetoric against climate finance, the US Congress still allocates money for overseas climate spending.Photo by marnie webb/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
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Red Alert: 3 Strategies for Reducing Toxic Ozone Pollution

  • Equity & Governance
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
Shanghai smog
  • Equity & Governance
  • Air Quality
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
  • Cities
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5 Under-recognized Impacts of Air Pollution

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Sustainable Development Goal 3
  • health
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
Visible air pollution in Delhi, India
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Sustainable Development Goal 3
  • health
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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How Much Should Countries Contribute to the Green Climate Fund's Replenishment?

  • adaptation finance
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
Thermo-solar power plant in Morocco. Flickr/World Bank Photo Collection
  • adaptation finance
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
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Green Climate Fund Contributions Calculator 2.0

  • Climate
  • Green Climate Fund
  • climate finance
  • Climate
  • Green Climate Fund
  • climate finance
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Why Should Governments Refill the Green Climate Fund's Coffers?

  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
A new solar project funded by the GCF will provide energy to Central Mongolia.
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
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Curbing Climate Change and Preventing Deaths from Air Pollution Go Hand-in-Hand

  • Climate
  • Air Quality
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
China air pollution
  • Climate
  • Air Quality
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Cities
  • Urban Efficiency & Climate
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Crunch Time for the Green Climate Fund: 5 Issues to Watch at Critical Board Meeting

  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
Manama skyline in Bahrain, where the GCF is set to meet. Flickr/Michele Solmi
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
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Fixing the Crisis of Confidence in the Green Climate Fund

  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Green Climate Fund
Setting up solar street lighting in Tinginaput, India. Flickr/DFID
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Green Climate Fund
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Wanted: Team Coach for the Green Climate Fund

  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
Landscape restoration in Água Boa, Brazil.
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund

Deploying Adaptation Finance for Maximum Impact

  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • adaptation finance
  • Green Climate Fund
woman-farmer-Nepal
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • adaptation finance
  • Green Climate Fund