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    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
    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
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2021

    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
    Cities
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    December 18, 2020

    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
    Climate
    Insights
    August 25, 2020

    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
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    July 29, 2020

    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
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    July 15, 2020

    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
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 13, 2019

    Innovación y preparación: La respuesta de caficultores costarricenses a los desafíos del cambio climático y la competencia en los mercados

    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • agriculture
    Don Armando Navarro explica las medidas de adaptación que ha implementado en su finca, como la construcción de terrazas. Fotografía: Stefanie Tye
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • agriculture
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 11, 2019

    Coffee Farmers in Costa Rica Are Brewing Up Solutions to Climate Change and Competition

    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • agriculture
    Don Armando Navarro explains the climate adaptation measures he has implemented on his coffee farm. Photo by Stefanie Tye
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • agriculture
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    September 10, 2019

    4 Things to Know About the Global Adaptation Challenge

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate change
    Cyclone Idai response in Mozambique
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate change
    Climate
    Insights
    September 4, 2019

    Climate Disasters Are Getting Worse. Here's How Developing Countries Are Insuring Against Them

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • extreme weather
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate finance
    • hurricanes
    A child sits on water jugs provided after Cyclone Idai.
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • extreme weather
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate finance
    • hurricanes
    Freshwater
    Insights
    August 13, 2019

    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
    Insights
    August 6, 2019

    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
    Finance
    Insights
    May 24, 2019

    PODCAST: How Green Fiscal Policies Can Help Save the Planet

    • carbon pricing
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    solar panels
    • carbon pricing
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 19, 2019

    PODCAST: What to Watch for in a Green New Deal

    • U.S. Climate
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate change
    Sunrise at the Capitol.
    • U.S. Climate
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate change
    Finance
    Insights
    February 12, 2019

    What Investors Want from Sustainability Data

    • Finance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    field-solar-panels
    • Finance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 24, 2019

    Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    indigenous-people-forest
    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Insights
    October 17, 2017

    Courage to Lead: Celebrating Bold Leadership in Urgent Times

    • development
    Andrew Steer addresses Courage to Lead.
    • development
    Cities
    Insights
    August 31, 2017

    Winner Take All? Richard Florida’s ‘New Urban Crisis’ Part of Growing Global Focus on Unequal Cities

    • housing
    • development
    • Equity & Governance
    Bridge across creek in Kibera, Nairobi.
    • housing
    • development
    • Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    October 6, 2015

    WRI India: Tackling the World’s Toughest Challenges

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

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