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    adaptation finance United Nations Urban Development Insights
    Finance
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 6, 2024

    How "Complete Streets" Are Creating Safer, More Sustainable Cities in Brazil

    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    People cross the street in Belo Horizonte
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    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
    Climate
    Insights
    November 2, 2023

    Benchmarks for Success for COP28

    • COP28
    • United Nations
    • UNFCCC
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Solar-powered water pump on a Malawi farm
    • COP28
    • United Nations
    • UNFCCC
    • Paris Agreement
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 30, 2023

    What to Watch at the First Africa Climate Summit

    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP28
    Rooftop solar panels in Kenya
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • COP28
    Finance
    Insights
    May 10, 2023

    What It Takes to Attract Private Investment to Climate Adaptation

    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • Paying for Paris
    People walk down a heavily flooded market street in Lagos, Nigeria
    • Finance
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation
    • Paying for Paris
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 23, 2023

    7 Ways Faith Organizations Are Making Cities More Sustainable and Equitable

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • Urban Development
    People distribute food in front of a mosque
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    January 11, 2023

    In Iloilo City, Philippines, an Inclusive Housing Program Protects Vulnerable Communities from Flood Risks

    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Urban Development
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    This housing in Iloilo City, Philippines was built to provide safe shelter to people previously living in flood zones.
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Urban Development
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Climate
    Insights
    December 15, 2022

    What the World Really Needs to Adapt to Climate Change

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • COP28
    Women transplanting rice in flooded paddy field.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • COP27
    • adaptation finance
    • climate change
    • COP28
    Finance
    Insights
    November 17, 2022

    Cómo los países pueden financiar el Acuerdo de París

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • Paris Agreement
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • Paris Agreement
    Finance
    Insights
    November 17, 2022

    How Countries Can Pay for Climate Action

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • Paris Agreement
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    • Paying for Paris
    Men installing solar panels to a roof in Southern California
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • adaptation finance
    • Paris Agreement
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    • Paying for Paris
    Finance
    Insights
    October 25, 2022

    Adaptation Finance: 11 Key Questions, Answered

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • adaptation
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Woman pumps water on a flooded street in Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • adaptation
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Cities
    Insights
    August 16, 2022

    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
    Insights
    January 19, 2022

    From Promises to Action: 6 Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2022

    • net-zero emissions
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • adaptation finance
    • environmental justice
    • health
    • deforestation
    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • stories to watch
    A solar farm in the forefront with a coal plant in the distance.
    • net-zero emissions
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • adaptation finance
    • environmental justice
    • health
    • deforestation
    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • stories to watch
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    November 17, 2021

    COP26: Key Outcomes From the UN Climate Talks in Glasgow 

    • COP26
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • COP27
    12/11/2021. Glasgow, United Kingdom. The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, President of the 26th United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) hosts the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. The COP26 summit looks to bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
    • COP26
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • COP27
    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
    Cities
    Insights
    October 19, 2021

    7 Major Transformations to Solve Urban Inequality

    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • land use
    • data
    • infrastructure
    • Equity & Governance
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • COP26
    An aerial view of a cluster of small homes next to luxury buildings, all surrounded by trees.
    • Urban Development
    • Urban Transformations
    • land use
    • data
    • infrastructure
    • Equity & Governance
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • COP26
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 12, 2021

    3 Ways to Scale Up Nature-Based Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • infrastructure
    • natural infrastructure
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    A river flowing at the base of a large mountain in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
    • infrastructure
    • natural infrastructure
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    Climate
    Insights
    September 27, 2021

    Will Progress at Climate Week Spur More Action Ahead of COP26?

    • United Nations
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • climate policy
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • COP26
    • NDC
    • Paris Agreement
    Flags from different countries flying in front of the United Nations building.
    • United Nations
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • climate policy
    • National Climate Action
    • International Climate Action
    • COP26
    • NDC
    • Paris Agreement

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