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    Asia Insights
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    November 1, 2022

    Getting Locally Led Adaptation Right: Examples from Around the World

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • COP28
    People building sea wall.
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation
    • COP28
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    October 18, 2022

    Tamil Nadu, India Takes an Innovative Approach to Climate Adaptation

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Equity & Governance
    Women working in a paddy field in Tamil Nadu, India
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    July 12, 2022

    How China Can Cut its Road Transportation Emissions by 95%

    • transportation
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Electric Mobility
    • public transit
    • Air Quality
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Beijing highway
    • transportation
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Electric Mobility
    • public transit
    • Air Quality
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    February 23, 2022

    How India Can Grow Its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action

    • National Climate Action
    • climate change
    • climate policy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    High-rise buildings emerging above trees in Mumbai, India.
    • National Climate Action
    • climate change
    • climate policy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    January 17, 2022

    Mapping, Management, and Mitigation: How Peatlands Can Advance Climate Action in Southeast Asia

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • mapping
    Peatland forest in Parupuk village, Katingan. Central Kalimantan.
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • mapping
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    December 22, 2021

    How Can Asia Achieve a Clean Energy Transition? Examples from 5 Countries

    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    Cenotaph and wind turbines
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    December 17, 2021

    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
    Economics
    Asia
    Insights
    November 8, 2021

    3 Ways China Can Improve Climate-resilient Infrastructure Investment

    • infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • Economics
    High speed train and natural wetland in China.
    • infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • Economics
    Asia
    Insights
    October 15, 2021

    Zeroing In on Zero Emissions: Increasing Climate Ambition for Indonesia

    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    Government installed solar panels gives power to 36 houses in the village of Weepatando in Sumba island.
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    August 26, 2021

    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
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    July 29, 2021

    Why the Time Is Right for Renewable Energy in the Philippines

    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • climate change
    • coronavirus
    A row of wind turbines along an ocean shore.
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • climate change
    • coronavirus
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    June 14, 2021

    South Korea and Japan Will End Overseas Coal Financing. Will China Catch Up?

    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Dump trucks and cranes carrying and extracting coal from a coal work site.
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Economics
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    May 27, 2021

    How Emerging Economies Can Pursue Green Recoveries

    • Climate
    • restoration
    • coronavirus
    Gede Pangrango National Park, Situ Gunung, Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia.
    • Climate
    • restoration
    • coronavirus
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    April 29, 2021

    In Ahmedabad, India, Women Are Climate Leaders, Not Victims

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • Equity & Governance
    Woman works in her home in Ahmedabad, India.
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    February 9, 2021

    How Local People Are Mapping Billions of Trees on Their Land

    • land use
    • restoration
    • landscapes
    • climate impacts
    • Forests
    Woman stading next to a forest in Rwanda
    • land use
    • restoration
    • landscapes
    • climate impacts
    • Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    January 15, 2021

    The Great Reset: 7 Environment and Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2021

    • coronavirus
    • podcasts
    • Paris Agreement
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • transportation
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    People standing in line during COVID-19 using safety precautions.
    • coronavirus
    • podcasts
    • Paris Agreement
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • transportation
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    December 16, 2020

    5 Big Ideas to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality in Cities

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    • COP26
    People gather in the middle of a Monterrey street during sunset
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Climate Resilience
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Urban Development
    • COP26
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    December 8, 2020

    Building Equitable Economies by Restoring Landscapes in India

    • Economics
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Two people standing in a field at the edge of a mountain.
    • Economics
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 4, 2020

    China Can Grow its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action

    • Economics
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • long-term strategies
    • National Climate Action
    • net-zero emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • COP26
    China wind power.
    • Economics
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • long-term strategies
    • National Climate Action
    • net-zero emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • COP26

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