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    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
    February 26, 2024

    What Is "Loss and Damage" from Climate Change? 8 Key Questions, Answered

    • climate impacts
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Rising water levels submerging a house as heavy monsoon rains cause major floods in Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines on July 23, 2021.
    • climate impacts
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP28
    Freshwater
    Insights
    January 10, 2024

    More Critical Minerals Mining Could Strain Water Supplies in Stressed Regions

    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • water quality
    • Water Quality
    Workers extracting lithium in Bolivia.
    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • water quality
    • Water Quality
    Cities
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    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
    Freshwater
    Insights
    August 16, 2023

    25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    Women collect water near Arba Minch, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia,
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    May 8, 2023

    9 Charts Explain Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    The main bazar in Paharganj, India, is full of people during the late afternoon.
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • data
    • International Climate Action
    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
    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
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    November 1, 2022

    5 Things Vulnerable Countries Need from Policymakers at COP27

    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • Paris Agreement
    • paris rulebook
    • climate finance
    • COP27
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Ambulance driving through flood water on road in Mumbai, India, 2018.
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • Paris Agreement
    • paris rulebook
    • climate finance
    • COP27
    • climatewatch-pinned
    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
    Finance
    Insights
    March 3, 2022

    3 Ways BlackRock Can Do Better on Sustainable Finance

    • Economics
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Business
    BlackRock
    • Economics
    • Climate
    • climate impacts
    • Business
    Climate
    Insights
    February 27, 2022

    6 Big Findings from the IPCC 2022 Report on Climate Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • climatewatch-pinned
    flooding in India
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • climatewatch-pinned
    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
    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 7, 2021

    How Forest Restoration Can Save Water Supply Companies $26 Million in Espírito Santo, Brazil

    • Water Security
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    A landscape view of Vila Velha in Espírito Santo, Brazil
    • Water Security
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    September 16, 2021

    Ambitious Climate Action by G20 Countries Can Limit Global Warming to 1.7 Degrees C

    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    Solar panels on the Werkspoorfabriek in Utrecht
    • International Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • greenhouse gases
    • climate impacts
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    Finance
    Insights
    August 19, 2021

    What the New IPCC Report Means for Companies and Investors

    • Business
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • Climate
    • COP26
    Church and wind turbines in Antwerp, Belgium
    • Business
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • Climate
    • COP26
    Climate
    Insights
    August 9, 2021

    5 Big Findings from the IPCC’s 2021 Climate Report

    • Energy
    • climate impacts
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    • Paris Agreement
    • COP26
    Motorcycle on flooded street
    • Energy
    • climate impacts
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate science
    • Paris Agreement
    • COP26

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