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Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task?

  • Climate
  • Finance
  • adaptation finance
  • development
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
Setting up a solar-powered water pump to pump groundwater in Ethiopia.
  • Climate
  • Finance
  • adaptation finance
  • development
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
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5 Ways China’s Cities Can Drive Equitable and Sustainable Urbanization

  • Urban Development
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • nature-based solutions
  • development
  • low carbon development
A close-up of shrubbery with skyscrapers in the distant background.
  • Urban Development
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • nature-based solutions
  • development
  • low carbon development
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6 Ways to Prevent Greenwashing and Risks from Trade Associations

  • Unlocking Climate Action
A "do not walk" sign lit up on an intersection with skyscrapers in the background.
  • Unlocking Climate Action

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

Developing Cities Need Cash. Land Value Capture Can Help

  • Cities
  • infrastructure
  • land use
  • development
  • Finance
  • Urban Development
People walk on and around an outdoor escalator at a train station in Shenzhen.
  • Cities
  • infrastructure
  • land use
  • development
  • Finance
  • Urban Development
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3 Climate-Resilient Food Solutions for Smallholder Farmers

  • Food
  • Climate Resilience
  • development
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • food security
Two people plowing a field.
  • Food
  • Climate Resilience
  • development
  • drought
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • food security
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Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
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A Low-Carbon Recovery Can Create Jobs and Boost Indonesia’s Economy

  • Climate
  • coronavirus
  • fossil fuels
  • Economics
  • development
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • low carbon development
  • commodities
  • renewable energy
Aerial view of people and goods in a busy Jakarta street market. Photo by Henry Sudarman/Flickr.
  • Climate
  • coronavirus
  • fossil fuels
  • Economics
  • development
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • low carbon development
  • commodities
  • renewable energy
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RELEASE: WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities 2020-2021 Opens; Now Accepting Applications for Transformative Urban Climate Projects

  • Climate Resilience
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
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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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Growing Momentum for Just Transition: 5 Success Stories and New Commitments to Tackle Inequality Through Climate Action

  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • Climate Equity
  • development
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
An indigenous community meeting in Peru.
  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • Climate Equity
  • development
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
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Eskisehir, Turkey Leads on Energy-Efficient Buildings

  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
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Optimize, Electrify, Decarbonize: The 3 Steps to Thriving, Zero-Carbon Cities

  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Unlocking Climate Action
Las Vegas solar panels
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Unlocking Climate Action

Unlocking Climate Action: Building a Landscape Restoration Movement from the Ground Up

  • Forests
  • COP24
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • restoration
Extrema, Brazil plantation
  • Forests
  • COP24
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • restoration

Unlocking Climate Action: From Bogota City Hall to the President’s Desk and Back Again

  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities
Bogota skyline
  • Buildings
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • Cities

Unlocking Climate Action: When Nations, States and Cities Reinforce Each Other, Everybody Wins

  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • climate policy
  • restoration
Biking in Copenhagen. Flickr/Mikael Colville Andersen
  • Unlocking Climate Action
  • climate policy
  • restoration
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Andrew Steer addresses Courage to Lead.
  • development
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Bridge across creek in Kibera, Nairobi.
  • housing
  • development
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • environmental democracy
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WRI India: Tackling the World’s Toughest Challenges

  • development
  • climate change
Communications training in Mumbai. Photo by Lawrence MacDonald.
  • development
  • climate change