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    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
    Finance
    Insights
    March 12, 2024

    Can “Biodiversity Credits” Boost Conservation?

    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • Finance
    A herd of elephants crosses the Luangwa River in Zambia
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • Climate
    • Finance
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    December 17, 2023

    Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next

    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • COP28
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Closing of COP28 climate summit in Dubai
    • Paris Agreement
    • Climate Resilience
    • Finance
    • adaptation
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Forests
    • COP28
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    Insights
    December 4, 2023

    What Exactly Are "Nature-based Solutions”?

    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • biodiversity
    • natural infrastructure
    A woman reaches up to tend to a tree she's planted.
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • biodiversity
    • natural infrastructure
    Finance
    Insights
    December 1, 2023

    The Good, the Bad and the Urgent: MDB Climate Finance in 2022

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • multilateral development banks
    Women farmers in New Delhi, India, crouch in the fields in the summer heat.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • multilateral development banks
    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
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    October 24, 2023

    After a Decade of Fossil Fuel Investing, Can China Fulfill Its Promise of a "Green" Belt and Road Initiative?

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Clean Energy
    • fossil fuels
    A construction worker walks down a path between rows of solar panels installed over water.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • Clean Energy
    • fossil fuels
    Finance
    Insights
    September 6, 2023

    4 Priorities for Financing Early Coal Retirement in Developing Countries

    • Finance
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Climate Equity
    A large coal power plant in the middle of a dense city.
    • Finance
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Climate Equity
    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
    Forests
    Insights
    May 22, 2023

    How Companies Can Use Voluntary Carbon Markets to Help Protect Tropical Forests

    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Finance
    Houses sit among a misty tropical forest.
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Finance
    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
    Finance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 31, 2023

    What’s After Coal? Accelerating China’s Overseas Investment in Renewables

    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    Aerial photo of solar power station in Hangzhou, China
    • Finance
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    Ocean
    Insights
    January 31, 2023

    5 Ocean Moments to Watch in 2023

    • Ocean
    • conservation
    • biodiversity
    A couple snorkels in crystal clear water
    • Ocean
    • conservation
    • biodiversity
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • stories to watch
    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
    Ocean
    Insights
    December 6, 2022

    COP15: An Opportunity for a Healthier Ocean

    • biodiversity
    Coral reefs in Raja Ampat, Indonesia
    • biodiversity
    Forests
    Insights
    November 29, 2022

    How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    urban forest
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity

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