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3 Shifts to Advance Adaptation and Resilience in 2021

  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • adaptation finance
  • coronavirus
  • climate policy
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
Windmills on small islands in a large body of water.
  • Climate Resilience
  • Climate
  • adaptation finance
  • coronavirus
  • climate policy
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • climate impacts

7 Ways the Biden Administration Can Reverse Climate Rollbacks

  • Climate Resilience
  • GHG emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate science
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
President-elect Joe Biden having a conversation with Mark Updegrove, former director of the LBJ Library.
  • Climate Resilience
  • GHG emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate science
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
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Make the Market Work for People and Planet

  • carbon pricing
  • science based targets
  • Economics
  • Business
  • Finance
Skyrise office buildings in Montréal, Canada
  • carbon pricing
  • science based targets
  • Economics
  • Business
  • Finance

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
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China Can Grow its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action

  • Economics
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • National Climate Action
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • COP26
China wind power.
  • Economics
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • long-term strategies
  • National Climate Action
  • net-zero emissions
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • COP26
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In the Time of COVID-19, China Could Be Pivotal in Swapping Debt for Climate and Health Action

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • health
A cityscape in Beijing.
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • health

Importing a Good Idea to the U.S.: Parametric Insurance and Climate-Related Risks

  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Paying for Paris
YMCA Mountain fire, Colorado, July 2020
  • Finance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Paying for Paris
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How Partnerships Can Turbo Charge Progress on the SDGs

  • sustainable development goals
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Finance
The inside of the European Parliament
  • sustainable development goals
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Finance
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7 Ways to Bridge the Blue Finance Gap

  • Ocean
  • Economics
  • biodiversity
  • Finance
An coral reef with fish.
  • Ocean
  • Economics
  • biodiversity
  • Finance

Support for Climate Policy is Alive and Well in Corporate America

  • coronavirus
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Business
The outside of the New York Stock Exchange
  • coronavirus
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • Climate
  • Business
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World Resources Institute staff in a board meeting.
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • Finance

Meeting the Climate Challenge Through a New Climate Federalism

  • Climate Resilience
  • climate policy
  • Climate
A city street in Washington, D.C. that ends at the Capitol building.
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate policy
  • Climate
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NDC Enhancement and COVID-19 Recovery: Building Blocks for a Sustainable Future

  • Finance
  • coronavirus
  • National Climate Action
  • Paying for Paris
solar-panel-workers
  • Finance
  • coronavirus
  • National Climate Action
  • Paying for Paris
A forest fire at night.
  • fires
  • climate policy
  • climate change
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3 Things to Know About ESG Fund Behavior During the Pandemic

  • coronavirus
  • Finance
  • Business
U.S. stock exchange
  • coronavirus
  • Finance
  • Business

Why the CFTC’s New Report on Climate Change and Financial Stability Matters

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • commodities
  • Finance
Commodities futures trading, Chicago
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • commodities
  • Finance
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The Good, the Bad and the Urgent: MDB Climate Finance in 2019

  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • Finance
solar panels in the bush
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • Finance

A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
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Will China Finally Block “Clean Coal” from Green Bonds Market?

  • green bonds
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
The People's Bank of China, a key player in financial guidance and sustainability. Photo by Flickr/bfishadow
  • green bonds
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels

Ranking 41 US States Decoupling Emissions and GDP Growth

  • Economics
  • fossil fuels
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate
A man in a cowboy hat stands under the solar panels of his ranch's water pump. Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA.
  • Economics
  • fossil fuels
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate