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    Freshwater
    Insights
    October 20, 2023

    The Next Phase of Corporate Sustainability: Addressing Consumer Water Use

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    Washing dishes.
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 30, 2023

    UN Water Conference 2023: Not Enough Game-changing Commitments

    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Girls collect water in Rajasthan, India
    • Corporate Water Stewardship
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    Climate
    Insights
    May 20, 2022

    The Bar for Corporate Climate Leadership Has Risen

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • corporate sustainability
    • science based targets
    • Business
    London skyline
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • corporate sustainability
    • science based targets
    • Business
    Cities
    Insights
    October 31, 2021

    Can Cities Thrive in Turbulent Times? 3 Questions for Cities in 2022

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    Overhead view of a city
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    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
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    May 11, 2021

    As Cities Grow Across Africa, They Must Plan for Water Security

    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • climate finance
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    Water insecurity in African cities
    • Water Security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • climate finance
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 21, 2020

    Support for Climate Policy is Alive and Well in Corporate America

    • coronavirus
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Business
    The outside of the New York Stock Exchange
    • coronavirus
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Business
    Climate
    Insights
    October 19, 2020

    Despite Shared Membership, US Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable at Odds Over Climate Policy

    • science based targets
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    U.S. Chamber of Commerce building in Washington, D.C
    • science based targets
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 24, 2020

    How the Chamber of Commerce's Scorecard Elevates Climate Deniers

    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    U.S. Chamber of Commerce panel
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    Business
    Insights
    April 9, 2020

    The Coronavirus Pandemic Could Give Business Leaders a Broader Mandate for Sustainability

    • coronavirus
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    Cicero group roundtable
    • coronavirus
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    Cities
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    For People to Live and Thrive in a Changing Climate, Cities Need to Change – But How?

    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    Green city
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    February 6, 2020

    From Coal to Renewables in China: Solving the Water Stress-Power Plant Mismatch

    • Freshwater
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Hukou Waterfall
    • Freshwater
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    December 5, 2019

    We Predicted Where Violent Conflicts Will Occur in 2020. Water Is Often a Factor

    • Water Security
    • human rights
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Mali water
    • Water Security
    • human rights
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    November 25, 2019

    Water Could Limit Our Ability to Feed the World. These 9 Graphics Explain Why

    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Conventional sprinkler irrigation
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Insights
    November 11, 2019

    New Guidance Can Help Companies Reduce Water Risk, Improve Watersheds

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    Upper Colorado River, Utah
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    Climate
    Insights
    October 28, 2019

    Attention Businesses: Don't Let Your Trade Associations Undermine You on Climate Action

    • climate policy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    U.S. Capitol
    • climate policy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    October 7, 2019

    Climate Change Is Hurting Africa’s Water Sector, but Investing in Water Can Pay Off

    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Improving water management in African countries can improve climate resilience. Here, Waretu Abera, Head of Ethiopia's Water Land Resource Centre, stands by a stream. Photo by Panos Pictures/Food and Land Use Coalition.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Insights
    October 3, 2019

    How Are Banks Doing on Sustainable Finance Commitments? Not Good Enough

    • Finance
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Goldman Sachs tower
    • Finance
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Business
    Insights
    August 28, 2019

    Here’s What Could Go Wrong with the Circular Economy—and How to Keep it on Track

    • circular economy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 12
    • Sustainable Development Goal 8
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Mattress recycling.
    • circular economy
    • Sustainable Development Goal 12
    • Sustainable Development Goal 8
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy

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