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    adaptation finance WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities 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
    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
    Cities
    Insights
    June 26, 2023

    Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    Looking down at city buildings, some with green roofs and the street below.
    • Urban Transformations
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Mobility
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Climate Resilience
    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
    Cities
    Europe
    Insights
    January 25, 2023

    Paris’ Vision for a ‘15-Minute City’ Sparks a Global Movement

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • transportation
    A street closed off for pedestrians to explore a market in Paris
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • transportation
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    January 19, 2023

    Inclusive Design Creates a Safer Transportation System for All Residents of Peshawar, Pakistan

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    Inside a Zu Peshawar bus with women seated.
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    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
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    January 3, 2023

    An Innovative Jobs Program in Odisha, India Helped Informal Workers Through COVID-19 and Beyond

    • poverty
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    Workers build steps in Odisha, India
    • poverty
    • coronavirus
    • Climate Resilience
    • 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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 7, 2022

    In Barranquilla, Colombia, Urban Parks Revitalize a Declining City

    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Urban Transformations
    Parque Sagrado Corazon in Barranquilla, Colombia
    • Cities
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Urban Transformations
    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
    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 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
    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
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 21, 2021

    Rosario, Argentina Uses Urban Farming to Tackle Economic and Climate Crises

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • Equity & Governance
    • agriculture
    A man sits and plants new plants in his garden.
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • Equity & Governance
    • agriculture

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